- Vietnam: People have been at home since 1st February and say it has been a very long "Lunar new year holiday (Tet)"
- Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Solomon Islands: Cyclone Harold has caused a lot of destruction impacting efforts to control the coronavirus and restrictions.They have a 28 day quarantine because there was evidence of transmission after the 14 days.
- UK: Many SLTs have been redeployed to work in hospitals with people with COVID-19. RCSLT has provided guidance: https://www.rcslt.org/learning/covid-19 (see image below). It seems that many people in the UK in homes and aged care facilities have not been tested for COVID-19 even if they have "viral pneumonia with coronavirus symptoms". Here are some fascinating webinars: https://www.rcslt.org/learning/covid-19/rcslt-guidance#section-3
- Iceland: The population of Iceland has been tested, enabling a nation-wide understanding of the spread of the disease.
- New Zealand: Early application of stage 4 restrictions has meant that few people have the coronavirus and very few have died to date. The NZ government has published some helpful Easy Read guidelines: https://covid19.govt.nz/resources/information-sheets/
- US: Many SLPs have been redeployed to work in hospitals with people with COVID-19 and ASHA has provided a resource page: https://www.asha.org/About/Coronavirus-Updates/. Free resources about telepractice are here: https://pubs.asha.org/special-collections/telepracticeresources
- Australia: Some speech pathologists have been trained and are ready to be redeployed if needed. Speech Pathology Australia has dedicated webpages here: https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/SPAweb/About_us/COVID-19_News_and_Information/SPAweb/About_Us/News/COVID-19.aspx
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