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The aim of this article is to perform an analysis of the case of Maranhao paradiplomacy in the international purchase of respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic, explaining the management of the Federal Government in the face of the virus. The methodologyused consists in the literature review, starting from a documentary research of specialized literature present in scientific research, books, and academic articles. The results constitute a conflict between the national foreign policy and the interests ofthe State of Maranhao in the pandemic, originatingthe phenomenon of paradiplomacy. In conclusion, a reflection is presented on national foreign policy, subnational diplomacy, and the heterogeneity of the national interest.
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The Covid-19 pandemic surprised the world, caused changes in lifestyles, work practices and exposed the inequalities of the current technical-scientific-informational period. Education, at all stages, was also impacted. Teachers needed to reinvent themselves so that closing schools would be less harmful to the teaching-learning process and to the development of students' geographic reasoning, the main objective of School Geography. In this context, the article analyzes the performance of Geography teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic from the differentiation between Distance Education and Emergency Remote Teaching in dialogue with authors who deal with teacher training and teaching knowledge, in order to know the working conditions of these professionals during social isolation. From the perspective of qualitative research, a questionnaire was applied to Geography teachers working in basic education. The answers were collated with each other so that the categories could be extracted and the analysis carried out. The results showed difficulties, on the part of the research subjects, with the remote modality, they denounced the negligence of the authorities responsible for Education and revealed the teachers' concern in guaranteeing learning conditions for the students, while their homes became places of work.
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This report describes the rapid implementation of a statewide observational surveillance program to monitor the public's wearing of face masks in public spaces during community spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It describes how the Hawai'i State Department of Health partnered with University of Hawai'i faculty to develop and implement the surveillance program. The surveillance program involved organizing volunteers to conduct weekly direct observations in designated locations. A smartphone application (app) was created to record real-time observational surveillance data. From September 5, 2020, to March 13, 2021, a total of 84 577 observations were conducted across the state. Eighty-three percent of those observed were correctly wearing a face mask, 7% were wearing a face mask incorrectly, and 10% were not wearing a mask. Following the 2-week pilot phase of the project, volunteers were surveyed regarding facilitators and barriers for conducting observations and motivations for volunteering. Feedback was used to refine project procedures. With few states having implemented such a surveillance program, the information reported in this article may inform communities interested in tracking mask-wearing behaviors in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.