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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _get_notifications_status(self, notifications):
 """ Get the notifications status """

        if notifications:
            size = len(notifications["activeNotifications"])
        else:
            size = 0
        status = self.status_notif if size > 0 else self.status_no_notif

        return (size, status)