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  • New Zealand has only 1 Covid-19 death. Here's what they're doing

    Ivan Watson

    April 08, 2020 |

    CNN |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: New Zealand

    With just over 1,200 confirmed cases and only one death from COVID-19 at the time of the video's publication, New Zealand offers lessons to the world for pandemic response. The main lesson is act early, and act decisively. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand announced that it would be the first democratic country to close its borders just days after identifying its first few cases, with a nationwide shutdown just days after that.

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  • How this South Korean company created coronavirus test kits in three weeks

    Julia Hollingsworth Sophie Jeong Ivan Watson

    March 12, 2020 |

    CNN |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: South Korea

    South Korean molecular biotech company, Seegene, created, tested, and received approval for a COVID19 test kit in just three weeks. Using a supercomputer’s big data system and taking advantage of the Disease Control & Prevention’s newly expedited approval process, the company is now making 10,000 tests each week, costing just under $20 each.

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  • South Korea pioneers coronavirus drive-through testing station

    Sophie Jeong Ivan Watson

    March 03, 2020 |

    CNN |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: South Korea, Goyang

    To limit exposure during coronavirus testing, South Korea began piloting drive-thru test sites that allow those being tested to remain in their cars. The drive-thru, which sends results to the patient via text message three days later, has tested nearly 400 people in one day, helping to ease pressure oncovi other testing sites.

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