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Metro Detroit's yoga community finds breathing space online during COVID-19

Kate Roff

March 26, 2020 |

Metromode |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Gyms nationwide have had to close due to the spread of COVID-19, but a yoga studio in Metro Detroit is turning to technology to help deliver classes to the community. With the practice of yoga is associated with stress management, studio owners utilizing virtual options such as Facebook Live, Zoom, and YouTube in order to help their clientele cope.

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How Vietnam is winning its 'war' on coronavirus

Rodion Ebbighausen

March 26, 2020 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Vietnam

South Korea's response to the coronavirus has been held up as exemplary. How is Vietnam achieving similar results with fewer resources and a smaller budget?

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Coronavirus kindness: South Bay teens create tutor network for hundreds of students

Dustin Dorsey

March 26, 2020 |

KGO-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

Upon seeing a need for educational resources to support the out of school transition due to the COVID-19 outbreak, two high school seniors in the San Jose area stepped up to fill that gap. Sarika Sriram and Uditha Velidandla coordinated 90 volunteers to offer free tutoring in a range of school subjects. So far, over 350 students have benefitted from these comprehensive online learning sessions.

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People Around the World Are 3D-Printing Face Shields to Battle the Coronavirus

Dave Gershgorn

March 26, 2020 |

OneZero |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Staten Island, New York

Medical professionals are facing mass shortages of personal protective equipment amid the coronavirus pandemic, so people with 3D printers are helping to produce alternatives. In New York, one company is using a GoFundMe campaign to help fund the production, while the founder of a Czech 3D-printer company developed one of the most downloaded designs for the transparent disposable full-face masks.

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Engineers Made a DIY Face Shield. Now It's Helping Doctors

Tom Simonite

March 26, 2020 |

Wired |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

A group of engineers in Madison, Wisconsin designed a face shield using materials and machines that were capable of producing mass quantities of the shields for hospitals. The design is now open-source and accessible to anyone on the web. They have since sent more than 1,000 face shields to the local hospital, and Ford has even picked up the design, pledging to produce more than 75,000 shields to be sent to hospitals in Detroit.

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Telehealth therapy sessions available for more people; one center says some people won't have to pay

Haley Hernandez

March 26, 2020 |

KPRC-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

One positive side effect of the encouraged social distancing due to the novel coronavirus outbreak is the shift to telemedicine, specifically the chance to have therapy sessions over phone and video calls. At one health center in the Houston area, about 90% of its typically 2,000 weekly appointments have made the transition to online.

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Global lessons for Santa Cruz in the COVID-19 response

Kara Meyberg Guzman, Stephen Baxter

March 26, 2020 |

Santa Cruz Local |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Santa Cruz, California

Cities and states throughout the U.S. are in forms of lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic, including Santa Cruz County in California. Although this practice is one way to mitigate the spread, institutions in Santa Cruz are looking to other countries that have have seen success with a "test-trace-quarantine model."

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Wyoming doc works around COVID-19 testing bottleneck

Angus Thuermer

March 26, 2020 |

WyoFile |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Wyoming has figured out how to solve one problem slowing down COVID-19 testing; doctors are using medical saline solution as a substitute for more common viral transport mediums, which are now in short supply. The World Health Organization and Center for Disease Control and Protection have approved the use of this simpler method during the evolving pandemic.

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With Food For All Poor and Door-to-Door Coronavirus Screening, Pandemic-hit Bhilwara Sets Example for Rest of India

Suhas Munshi

March 26, 2020 |

News18 India |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Bhilwara, Rajasthan

Bhilwara, India has provided food, masks, hand sanitizer, and door-to-door coronavirus screening to 600,000 residents who are not allowed to leave their houses during a total lockdown due to an outbreak of coronavirus. The generosity of donors from NGOs, charities, and individuals was managed efficiently by local government who handed out food staples to thousands of households.

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Know your rights: How eviction moratoriums work in LA amid COVID-19 crisis

Anabel Munoz

March 26, 2020 |

ABC News (American Broadcasting Company) |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

To prevent people from losing their homes due to lack of paying rent or during the coronavirus pandemic, the L.A. County Supervisor issued an executive order that prevents landlords from evicting their tenants. To apply, the renter must demonstrate their "inability to pay due to COVID-19 financial impacts."

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