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Weymouth Public Libraries Daily Community Connection Friday, April 17, 2020 |
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MEMA Interactive COVID-19 Maps Public Resources Map: location of resources like food banks, houses of worship, and Project Bread site locations Response Dashboard: current COVID 19 case counts, cases by age, cases by county, hospital status, hospital bed status, death tolls, and deaths by age |
Update on Contact Tracing Initiative Working with Partners in Health, Massachusetts is the first state in nation to develop a program to trace individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 as well as their immediate contact who may have been exposed to the virus. The program has already hired 176 employees to do the tracing alongside a team of medial experts working with the Department of Public Health. Hundreds of additional staff will be trained in the coming weeks.
Residents who receive a phone call from the Contact Tracing Collaborative are urged to take the call and provide the relevant information.
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WonderStruck by BBC America BBC America's nature programming has its own online portal called WonderStruck where you can stream beautifully shot videos of African wild dogs, river otters, emperor penguins, and more. You can also see behind the scenes clips of how the footage is carefully captured by filmmakers to try and minimize the impact on flora and fauna. Watching nature content improves our emotional well-being... |
 #GettyMuseumChallenge You may have already heard of the Getty Museum Challenge that has gone viral online, but if not, you're in for a treat! At the end of March, the Getty Museum in Los Angeles invited followers on their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts to recreate famous works of art in photographs taken from home. The results were creative and often hilarious--tens of thousands of people are taking this challenge online and many more museums around the country have jumped on board as well. |
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