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  • Migrantes en Argentina: la solidaridad como única vía

    April 25, 2020 |

    Efecto Cocuyo |

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    Response Location: Argentina

    Los venezolanos que han estado viviendo en Argentina durante años logran recolectar dinero y ayudar a los nuevos inmigrantes de Venezuela durante la crisis pandémica. El sistema de donaciones ayuda a los recién llegados a integrarse en una realidad más difícil para los trabajadores informales, debido a las medidas nacionales de confinamiento.

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  • Was wir von den Toten lernen können

    April 25, 2020 |

    Zeit Online |

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    Response Location: Germany, Munich, Bavaria

    Verstorbene obduzieren, die Corona hatten – ist das eine gute Idee? Ja, finden Pathologen. Denn diese Menschen könnten uns noch viel über das Virus verraten. Schon bei HIV oder Hepatitis C hat die Pathologie dabei geholfen, die Viren und ihre Wege im Körper zu verstehen.

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  • As pandemic continues, community nursing effort looks to grow in the Upper Valley

    April 25, 2020 |

    Valley News |

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    Response Location: United States, Lebanon, Connecticut

    In the New England region of the U.S., community nurses are working to fill a void in health care during the coronavirus pandemic for those who may require medical attention but do not need hospital care. As described by the co-director of the Upper Valley Community Nursing Project, "the last thing the health care system needs right now is a lot of people in the emergency room because there have been complications of their chronic diseases, or they’ve fallen or they have problems with their medications."

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  • 음식 들고 오는 '식당로봇'…사회적 거리두기도 한몫

    April 25, 2020 |

    MBC 뉴스 |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: South Korea

    비대면 생활이 일상의 한 부분으로 자리잡으면서 '식당로봇'이 등장해 업주와 손님들로부터 인기를 끌고 있습니다. 인건비에 비해 저렴한 렌트 비용에 효율성도 높지만 손님에 직접 응대하지 못한다는 한계도 존재합니다.

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  • Bankers say PPP loans saved 40,000 jobs in New Hampshire

    April 25, 2020 |

    New Hampshire Business Review |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    The Paycheck Protection Program, a program launched by the federal government to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic, has helped the community in New Hampshire save about 40,000 jobs. Although not all small businesses are keen to take the loan because of the strict stipulations that must be met for it to be forgivable, overall, 7,400 loans have been approved so far.

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  • How San Francisco's Chinatown Avoided Covid-19 Panic

    April 24, 2020 |

    KQED |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    It wasn't until first cases of coronavirus were recorded in the United States that San Francisco and other U.S. cities took action to mitigate the spread, but in Chinatown, precautions started much earlier and the preparations seem to have worked. With only three recorded cases in Chinatown, the residents credit trust in authorities, community-driven communications, heightened hygiene practices, and the local Chinese Hospital, "which has strong ties to the community it serves."

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  • An impromptu drive-through at a Sikh temple to feed neighbors now helps thousands daily

    April 24, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Riverside, California

    The Sikh community in Riverside, California—starting with the United Sikh Mission and the Riverside Sikh Temple—has provided thousands of masks and more than 40,000 homemade hot meals to healthcare professionals and anyone who needs it. They also have sent more than 1,000 meals a day to nursing homes in nearby counties and deliver meals to four local hospitals. The efforts have received community funding, and they have no plans to stop anytime soon because, "there are no days off for hunger."

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  • As residents at Milwaukee County nursing homes contracted and died of coronavirus, administrators and local officials kept it to themselves

    April 24, 2020 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, West Allis, Wisconsin

    After the coronavirus outbreak devastated a nursing home in Wisconsin unbeknownst to the residents' family members and the public, advocates and lawmakers called for more transparency from the facility. The agency, joining other care facilities in the state and nation, is now reporting cases according to newly implemented protocols regarding transparency and timeliness, as a means of helping "family members and health care workers plan for their safety."

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  • The fire we need

    April 24, 2020 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Yurok Reservation, California

    The Indigenous Peoples Burning Network works with a group of other similar networks with the shared goal of promoting prescribed fire in a positive and safe manner that will help local ecosystems and minimize the risk of unintentional wildfires. Since controlled burning has been part of Indigenous communities for much of their long history, there is an opportunity for Indigenous leaders and local fire experts to learn from each other.

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  • Ramadan In The Age Of Coronavirus: Some Colorado Muslims View Isolation As An Opportunity To Grow In Their Faith

    April 24, 2020 |

    Colorado Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    An Islamic organization called Downtown Denver’s Islamic Center is helping members of their community adjust to the quarantine and maintain their spiritual practice. All services and counseling has been moved online, and their preexisting food assistance program is still going on, albeit adjusted to accommodate for the shortage of volunteers during the quarantine. They even have many one-on-one phone calls with people to work through specific issues. It's not perfect, and they still want to do more, but for now they are serving a great spiritual and communal need.

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