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Curing What Ails Us: How COVID-19 Reveals What's Wrong with Our Economy and What Working People Are Doing to Fix it
From the Executive Summary: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic brings out the angels and demons of human nature. We're witness to daily moments of cruelty and heroism, fear and resilience, despair and hope. For all of the challenges, a reckoning like this can lead to positive change. COVID-19 is forcing us to confront uncomfortable realities and is uniting workers to demand their rightful share of the American promise. This report aims to be a small part of that conversation by identifying some of the roots of the injustices on display in this moment and by connecting the power that working people possess today to previous generations' struggles for a more humane society."
North Carolina Justice Center
McHugh, Patrick; Sirota, Alexandra Forter; Pardo, Ana
2020
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How Immigrants Can Help the 'Transition to a Great Economy' After COVID-19
From the Document: "The impact of the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic in the US has been pervasive and extreme. It has caused a death toll higher than 100,000 (as of May 27, 2020) and it has ushered an economic contraction with the unemployment rate at 15% nationally (as of April 2020) and a decline of US Gross Domestic Product by 4.8% just in the first quarter of 2020. Families have been left struggling and in economic hardships. [...] Besides these material changes, the pandemic has also brought insidious changes in people's attitudes. The fear of a virus originated from abroad, namely from China, has increased hostility towards Chinese, Chinese-Americans, and immigrants in general. [...] The most recent executive order is in line with several actions of the current administration aimed at reducing, slowing and making harder legal immigration, while at the same time doubling down on enforcement and deporting undocumented immigrants. [...] What is most discouraging of these policies is that the President regularly claims their rationale to be a benefit for US workers and for the US economy. [...] I will argue that such a vision is based on an erroneous understanding of the working of the US economy. In place of closing, America, I will propose how and why more open immigration policies should be an essential part of the economic recover during the reopening."
Utah State University. Center for Growth and Opportunity
Peri, Giovanni
2020-06
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Refugees and Asylum Seekers Can Help US Rebuild After COVID-19
From the Document: "When we think of refugees and asylum seekers, we often think of destitute individuals who are fleeing war or other crises. We also tend to think of these individuals as only needing help, not the extent that they can help us. But those fleeing war, persecution, and other crises have long been an important part of American society and have greatly contributed to our economic growth. They can be an important part of our economy and society as we move forward from the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] crisis."
Utah State University. Center for Growth and Opportunity
Peters, Margaret E., 1980-
2020-06
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COVID-19: Federal Efforts Could Be Strengthened by Timely and Concerted Actions, Report to Congressional Committees
From the Highlights: "As of September 10, 2020, the U.S. had over 6.3 million cumulative reported cases of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] and over 177,000 reported deaths, according to federal agencies. The country also continues to experience serious economic repercussions and turmoil. Four relief laws, including the CARES [Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security] Act, were enacted as of September 2020 to provide appropriations to address the public health and economic threats posed by COVID-19. As of July 31, 2020, the federal government had obligated a total of $1.6 trillion and expended $1.5 trillion of the COVID-19 relief funds as reported by federal agencies on USAspending.gov. The CARES Act includes a provision for GAO [Government Accountability Office] to report bimonthly on its ongoing monitoring and oversight efforts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. This third report examines key actions the federal government has taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic and evolving lessons learned relevant to the nation's response to pandemics."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2020-09
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Information Battleground: Vaccines
From the Document: "Following a variety of lockdown measures, governments around the world face high expectations for economic recovery and a return of social life - expectations that heavily rely on the availability of an effective vaccine against COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] infections. Questions around access to an effective vaccine in sufficient quantity have intensified competition and tension, as governments seek to conclude agreements with promising vaccine developers. This competition threatens to further fuel the use of disinformation around efforts of some governments to manage public expectations; to exploit feelings of fear and uncertainty; to gain an edge in vaccine research; and to favorably shape international opinion about a states' role as a responsible stakeholder. In this context, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has warned of a 'global battle of narratives', as select governments have actively engaged in disinformation to undermine the credibility of other states. In addition, disinformation on the origin of the coronavirus outbreak, its spread and ways of protecting against it have created conditions for an 'infodemic' that risk undermining official health advice."
ETH Zurich. Center for Security Studies (CSS)
Bund, Jakob; Leonard, Ann-Sophie
2020-09
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Ethics of Immigration and Economic Recovery
From the Document: "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] has changed our world. One of the ways it has is by massively reducing international mobility. We travel much less for business and pleasure, of course. But international migration has been limited significantly as well. To name but one example, early on in the crisis, the Trump administration banned issuing new green cards for most immigrants."
Utah State University. Center for Growth and Opportunity
Van der Vossen, Bas, 1979-
2020-06
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CBO Paper: The Effects of Pandemic-Related Legislation on Output
From the Document: "In March and April of 2020, four major federal laws were enacted to address the public health emergency and the economic distress created by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. That legislation provides financial support to households, businesses, and state and local governments. In this report, the Congressional Budget Office estimates the legislation's effects on economic output."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
Nelson, Jaeger Lawrence
2020-09
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Device: Inform Diagnostics SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Assay
From the Letter to Dr. Yun Wang: "On February 4, 2020, pursuant to Section 564(b)(1)(C) of the Act, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) determined that there is a public health emergency that has a significant potential to affect national security or the health and security of United States citizens living abroad, and that involves the virus that causes COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. Pursuant to Section 564 of the Act, and on the basis of such determination, the Secretary of HHS then declared that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for detection and/or diagnosis of the virus that causes COVID-19 subject to the terms of any authorization issued under Section 564(a) of the Act. Having concluded that the criteria for issuance of this authorization under Section 564(c) of the Act are met, I am authorizing the emergency use of your product, described in the Scope of Authorization of this letter (Section II), subject to the terms of this authorization."
United States. Food and Drug Administration
2020-06-26
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[Whitehouse Coronavirus Task Force Report], August 09, 2020
This report provides data on COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) cases by state as of August 9, 2020. This report is also contained in the "Select Subcommittee Releases Eight Weeks of Coronavirus Task Force Reports Kept Secret by the White House" press release: [https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=844928].
White House Coronavirus Task Force
2020-08-09
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[Whitehouse Coronavirus Task Force Report], July 26, 2020
This report provides data on COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) cases by state as of July 26, 2020. This report is also contained in the "Select Subcommittee Releases Eight Weeks of Coronavirus Task Force Reports Kept Secret by the White House" press release: [https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=844928].
White House Coronavirus Task Force
2020-07-26
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[Whitehouse Coronavirus Task Force Report], August 02, 2020
This report provides data on COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) cases by state as of August 2, 2020. This report is also contained in the "Select Subcommittee Releases Eight Weeks of Coronavirus Task Force Reports Kept Secret by the White House" press release: [https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=844928].
White House Coronavirus Task Force
2020-08-02
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[Whitehouse Coronavirus Task Force Report], June 29, 2020
This report provides data on COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) cases by state as of June 29, 2020. This report is also contained in the "Select Subcommittee Releases Eight Weeks of Coronavirus Task Force Reports Kept Secret by the White House" press release: [https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=844928].
White House Coronavirus Task Force
2020-06-29
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[Whitehouse Coronavirus Task Force Report], June 23, 2020
This report provides data on COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) cases by state as of June 23, 2020. This report is also contained in the "Select Subcommittee Releases Eight Weeks of Coronavirus Task Force Reports Kept Secret by the White House" press release: [https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=844928].
White House Coronavirus Task Force
2020-06-23
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[Whitehouse Coronavirus Task Force Report], July 5, 2020
This report provides data on COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) cases by state as of July 5, 2020. This report is also contained in the "Select Subcommittee Releases Eight Weeks of Coronavirus Task Force Reports Kept Secret by the White House" press release: [https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=844928].
White House Coronavirus Task Force
2020-07-05
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, November 13, 2020
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Imputed State-Level Prevalence of Achieving Goals To Prevent Complications of Diabetes in Adults with Self-Reported Diabetes -- United States, 2017-2018"; "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Outbreak in an Amish Community -- Ohio, May 2020"; "Mental Health-Related Emergency Department Visits Among Children Aged
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-11-13
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 11, 2020
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Hurricane Evacuation Laws in Eight Southern U.S. Coastal States - December 2018"; "Frequent Mental Distress Among Adults, by Disability Status, Disability Type, and Selected Characteristics - United States, 2018"; "Prevalence of Underlying Medical Conditions Among Selected Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 31 States, 2017-2018"; "Delay or Avoidance of Medical Care Because of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]-Related Concerns - United States, June 2020"; "Community and Close Contact Exposures Associated with COVID-19 Among Symptomatic Adults ≥18 Years in 11 Outpatient Health Care Facilities - United States, July 2020"; "Infants with Congenital Disorders Identified Through Newborn Screening - United States, 2015-2017"; "Newborn Screening Practices and Alpha-Thalassemia Detection - United States, 2016"; and "'QuickStats': Age-Adjusted Lung Cancer Death* Rates, by State - National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2018." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2020.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-09-11
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Adjustments to Wildland Fire Preparedness Activities for the 2020 Fire Year in Response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic
From the Document: "The purpose of this memo is to provide the interagency wildland fire community with guidance on adjustments to wildland fire preparedness activities for the 2020 Fire Year. These activities include: Medical Clearance, Work Capacity Test (WCT), and RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR). The Fire Management Board (FMB) has carefully analyzed the risk of responder exposure to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in relationship to the need to evaluate the medical physical. and training requirements of wildland firefighters as pert of annual fire management preparedness. We distinguished requirements into two categories: 1) Employees new to the federal firefighting workforce, and 2) Incumbent/returning firefighters and firefighters who have transferred from one federal Bureau to another."
National Wildfire Coordinating Group (U.S.)
Ben, Leon, Jr.
2020-03-21
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Answers to National Governors Association Questions on Vaccine Distribution and Planning
From the Document: "Since the spring, the Federal government has partnered with state, local, and tribal leaders to develop this whole-of-government plan and we will continue this collaboration. We recognize this process is iterative and welcome governors along with other state, local, and tribal officials' input and best practices. The answers provided below were developed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) in partnership with our Federal partners including the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), among others."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2020-10-30?
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, November 6, 2020: Declines in SARS-CoV-2 Transmission, Hospitalizations, and Mortality After Implementation of Mitigation Measures-- Delaware, March-June 2020
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This early release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "Declines in SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] Transmission, Hospitalizations, and Mortality After Implementation of Mitigation Measures-- Delaware, March-June 2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link: [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2020.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-11-06
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EMR-ISAC: InfoGram, Volume 20 Issue 45, November 5, 2020
The Emergency Management and Response Information Sharing and Analysis Center's (EMR-ISAC) InfoGram is a weekly publication of information concerning the protection of critical infrastructures relevant to members of the Emergency Services Sector. This issue includes the following articles: "November is Infrastructure Security Month"; "Securing soft targets and crowded places"; "Maximizing FEMA COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Funding and Reimbursements"; "Webinar: NG911 [Next Generation 9-1-1] Roadmap Community Progress & Virtual Learning Tips"; "Can AI and connected tech foster better disaster decision-making?"; "Update: Ransomware Activity Targeting Healthcare and Public Health"; "How to improve cybersecurity for the workforce of the future"; and "Malspam campaign milks election uncertainty."
Emergency Management and Response-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (U.S.)
2020-11-05
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Tale of Two Pandemics: How COVID-19 Exposed Governance Gaps in Authoritarian States Testimony of: Joanna Rohozińska, 'Resident Program Director Europe'
From the Introduction: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic and attendant 'infodemic' exposed and exacerbated transparency and governance gaps across Europe and Eurasia. The pandemic was - and continues to be - an unprecedented stress test for democratic resilience, one that the Belarusian regime has failed spectacularly, demonstrating the impotence and lack of sustainability inherent in authoritarian structures. Spontaneous civic activism filled the gap left by the state's failure to address or even acknowledge the pandemic, which exposed how disconnected the country's leadership was from the concerns of its citizens. Suddenly, more than two decades since coming to power, 'batka' - Lukashenka's nickname which means father in Belarusian - was no longer the fatherly protector of the nation. He was an authoritarian relic of the Soviet past that the Belarusian people have collectively transcended. What distinguishes democracies from other forms of government is their ability to learn lessons, adapt and evolve to become more resilient and better serve the interest of the people. So far, President Lukashenka is instead opting for repression and retrenchment. Despite these authoritarian tactics the Belarusian nation has been born and garnered admiration from all corners of the world."
International Republican Institute
2020-09-10
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: Estimate for the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 925, the Heroes Act, as Passed by the House of Representatives on October 1, 2020
This is the Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate as passed by the House of Representatives on October 1, 2020. From the Document: "The Congressional Budget Office [CBO] and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation have completed an estimate of the budgetary effects of H.R. 925, the Heroes Act, as passed by the House of Representatives on October 1, 2020. The Heroes Act would provide funding, expand eligibility for existing programs, and establish new programs to provide assistance to individuals, businesses, and state, local, tribal, and territorial governments in response to the coronavirus pandemic. CBO estimates that the act would increase the deficit by $2.4 trillion over the 2021-2030 period."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2020-10-16
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, November 6, 2020
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Sociodemographic and Geographic Variation in Awareness of Stroke Signs and Symptoms Among Adults -- United States, 2017"; "Computerized Capability of Office-Based Physicians to Identify Patients Who Need Preventive or Follow-up Care -- United States, 2017"; "Network Characteristics and Visualization of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Outbreak in a Large Detention Facility in the United States -- Cook County, Illinois, 2020"; "Transmission of SARS-COV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] Infections in Households -- Tennessee and Wisconsin, April-September 2020"; "Birth and Infant Outcomes Following Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnancy -- SET-NET [Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies Network], 16 Jurisdictions, March 29-October 14, 2020"; "Update: Characteristics of Symptomatic Women of Reproductive Age with Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Pregnancy Status -- United States, January 22-October 3, 2020"; "Telework Before Illness Onset Among Symptomatic Adults Aged ≥18 Years With and Without COVID-19 in 11 Outpatient Health Care Facilities -- United States, July 2020"; "A SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak Illustrating the Challenges in Limiting the Spread of the Virus -- Hopi Tribe, May-June 2020"; "'Notes from the Field': Development of an Enhanced Community-Focused COVID-19 Surveillance Program -- Hopi Tribe, June-July 2020"; and "'QuickStats': "Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Alzheimer Disease Among Adults Aged ≥ 65 Years, by Sex and Race/Hispanic Origin -- National Vital Statistics System, 2018." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2020.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-11-06
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, October 23, 2020
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Vaccination Coverage by Age 24 Months Among Children Born in 2016 and 2017 -- National Immunization Survey-Child, United States, 2017-2019"; "Valley Fever (Coccidioidomycosis) Awareness -- California, 2016-2017"; ""Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], by Age and Race and Ethnicity -- United States, January 26-October 3, 2020";"Risk for In-Hospital Complications Associated with COVID-19 and Influenza -- Veterans Health Administration, United States, October 1, 2018-May 31, 2020"; "Association Between Social Vulnerability and a County's Risk for Becoming a COVID-19 Hotspot -- United States, June 1-July 25, 2020"; "Mitigating a COVID-19 Outbreak Among Major League Baseball Players -- United States, 2020"; "First 100 Persons with COVID-19 -- Zambia, March 18-April 28, 2020";"Rapid Adaptation of HIV Treatment Programs in Response to COVID-19 -- Namibia, 2020"; "'Notes from the Field' Characteristics of E-cigarette, or Vaping, Products Confiscated in Public High Schools in California and North Carolina -- March and May 2019"; and "'QuickStats:Percentage of Adults Aged ≥20 Years Who Used Antidepressant Medications in the Past 30 Days, by Sex and Marital Status -- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, 2015-2018." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2020.html]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10-23
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Adapting and Sustaining Services for Formerly Incarcerated Survivors During COVID-19: A Panel Discussion
From the Webpage: "Incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people are at high risk for contracting the coronavirus and often have little or no access to reliable and consistent health care services. The health risks--coupled with the challenge of practicing social distancing in jails and prisons--have led correctional facilities around the country, particularly local jails, to accelerate releases. In many cases, however, people are returning home to the challenging, new reality of life during a global pandemic with very little access to the supportive services they might normally get during their reentry period (e.g., assistance with housing, employment, and transportation). Accessing healing services--often difficult under normal circumstances--appears to be even more challenging, as most providers have shifted to remote service provision, and not all survivors have access to reliable technology to avail themselves of remote services. This panel discussion is about the emerging and enduring needs of formerly incarcerated survivors and how some service providers are adapting their services to meet those needs."
National Resource Center for Reaching Victims
Kall, Kaitlin; Hastings, Allison L.
2020-05-20
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Rule of Law During Pandemics
From the Resource: "The current COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic is a world-wide public health emergency that has resulted in a multitude of deaths and has severely impacted economies of every nation in the world. Currently, there have been over 20 million cases of COVID-19 worldwide. Establishing and maintaining peace and security in all countries, especially underdeveloped countries, are critical because effective governance and the rule of law are essential to managing COVID-19. Likewise, without effective rule of law, the pandemic has the potential to exacerbate corruption, lack of recourse to courts, and ineffective policing, thereby resulting in even more instability and hardship for the people who, in many cases, already face injustice and lack of meaningful legal redress. This PKSOI [Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute] paper discusses ways the rule of law and the justice sector can effectively facilitate the response to COVID-19, while promoting stability, peace, and governance. Further, it outlines a way forward for strengthening rule of law."
Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute
Kopp, Jeffrey
2020-11-12
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COVID-19: Considerations for First Responders [video]
This presentation explores violent extremist exploitation of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], considerations complicating first responders' response, and provides a research project overview and resources for first responders. The duration of the video is 49 minutes and 29 seconds.
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (U.S.)
Braniff, Bill; Koven, Barnett S.
2020-10-28
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Maryland Interim COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
From the Document: "The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) has engaged a multi-agency planning group to align federal guidance to the existing state and local infrastructure to ensure safe, equitable, and efficient vaccination against COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. Under this plan, and dependent on vaccine supply availability, MDH will assure that COVID-19 vaccine will be available for all Maryland residents who wish to be vaccinated."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10
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Democracy After Coronavirus: Five Challenges for the 2020s
From the Executive Summary: "2020 will forever be the year of coronavirus, a cataclysmic event in slow motion that has disrupted people's lives and disseminated a sense of uncertainty and vulnerability comparable only to times of war. Pressed by the fast pace of infections while fearing massively disruptive economic impact, political leaders around the world faced the challenge of acting quickly in a fog of scientific uncertainty, leading them to impose (or not impose) lockdown measures limiting personal freedom and democratic participation. The democratic model has long been under stress, with the rise of homegrown populist and nationalist movements, and external geopolitical threats from resilient authoritarian actors. But COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] created a new kind of stress test, bringing into question globalization, democratic decisionmaking, the reliability of science and information, and ultimately the ability of the democratic model to cope with devastating events. In this regard, this paper argues that there are five main challenges for democracies after coronavirus: protecting the safety and integrity of elections, finding the right place for expertise, coping with resurgent populism and nationalism, countering homegrown and foreign disinformation, and defending the democratic model. After delineating these challenges, it offers policy recommendations for democratic resilience in the 2020s."
Brookings Institution
Belin, Célia; De Maio, Giovanna
2020-08
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How COVID-19-Related Crime Infected Europe During 2020
From the Introduction: "While the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic is first and foremost a global public health crisis, it has also proven to have a significant and potentially long-lasting impact on the serious and organised crime and terrorism landscape in Europe as well as the ability of Member State law enforcement authorities to counter security threats. Providing the Member State law enforcement authorities and our partners with an up-to-date situational picture is a key priority for Europol [European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation] during this crisis. Europol has been closely monitoring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on crime and terrorism in the EU from the initial introduction of lockdowns and quarantine measures in March 2020. Europol pursued various activities in order to respond to the crisis. In order to maintain an up-to-date intelligence picture of emerging security challenges in the EU, Europol collects, processes and disseminates intelligence on criminal activities related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Europol coordinates investigations and targeted operations related to the current crisis while carrying out prevention campaigns to address major crime threats, particularly in the areas of cybercrime, counterfeit goods, fraud and property crime."
Europol
2020-11-11
