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Portuguese couple creates platform to centralize all information about Covid-19
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-04-02 11:38
COVID19+Eu is an independent platform created in Portugal with the aim of keeping the population informed, with practical solutions and recommendations. It is maintained by a team of over 40 experts, who share the information in a simple and clear manner, ...
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Student creates movement to encourage patients and healthcare workers fighting Covid-19
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-02 11:10
In 2018, Gina was diagnosed with acanthamoeba keratitis and had to be in quarantine for a month. During that time, she says: “I experienced an incredible amount of loneliness and anxiety, and so it meant the world to me whenever I received a get-well-soon ...
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Teacher and student create podcast for people to share their coronavirus stories
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-30 15:10
Aimee Coelho teaches Media Studies at Millfield School. During class, before the school closed during the country’s lockdown, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Aimee challenged student Charlie Kilner to take part in a new project. Together, they created ...
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Professor creates computer game to teach children the importance of social distancing
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-08-05 18:25
While going for a walk during the Covid-19 pandemic, Professor Richard Wiseman felt as though he was living in a computer game "having to avoid joggers and cyclists etc", to keep the recommended social distance. From his background in Psychology ...
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Students create game to teach about correct use of protective equipment
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-02 15:52
A group of college students from Instituto Superior Técnico, in Lisbon, created “EPIs contra o COVID-19” (PPE against COVID-19) an online quiz that is meant to help people understand how to correctly wear personal protective equipment. The quiz is ...
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Game teaches players how to identify misinformation about Covid-19
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2021-01-29 18:26
The UK government has partnered with the University of Cambridge’s Social Decision-Making Lab and the Dutch media agency Drog to design a game that teaches people how to recognize fake news about the Covid-19 pandemic. The game teaches players about the ...
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Puzzle solving game to fight Covid-19
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-04-15 16:44
Eterna is a citizen science initiative in which people are invited to solve puzzles and, in the process, help design molecules with medical applications. Through Eterna,several functional RNA molecules have been designed, outperforming top existing search ...
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Writer shares lockdown stories and raises money for charities
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-04-28 11:41
Meg Zukin, in a tweet, asked the internet for relationship drama during the COVID-19 pandemic to document under the lockdown. People can submit stories anonymously and readers were initially asked to donate $1 to see the posts that were collated on a ...
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Young graduates create platform to match Covid-19 patients with plasma donors
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-08-07 18:06
Recent graduates Karina Thakrar and Dr. Neil Pinto have created PINT (Plasma In Need For Transfusion) Network – a website that is based on a matchmaking algorithm that, quickly and efficiently, matches plasma donors with Covid-19 patients in need. " ...
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App to prevent overcrowding in bars and restaurants during the Covid-19 pandemic
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-07-31 18:40
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, people had to follow certain health a safety measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. Such measures include social distancing, which was especially challenging in enclosed spaces, such as restaurants and bars. ...
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