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Public Assistance: Non-Congregate Sheltering Delegation of Authority
From the Document: "Under President Trump's March 13, 2020, national emergency declaration for the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, FEMA's Regional Administrators have been delegated authority to approve requests for non-congregate sheltering for the duration of the Secretary of Health and Human Services' declaration of a Public Health Emergency for COVID-19."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2020-03-19
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COVID-19: Playing the Long Game for your Mental Health
From the Document: "You're probably tired, burnt out, overwhelmed, or anxious from the constant stream of information (some true and some false) penetrating your social media, virtual conversations, and thoughts. You've likely seen the myriad of resources to help manage your mental health at this time. Many are all presenting important, relevant, and meaningful information. I encourage you dive into the endnotes at the bottom of this article and explore some that we think are really helpful. I'm not here to regurgitate what has already been said (we've already concluded that you've been bombarded with information). Instead, I hope to offer you a different lens in which to view the pandemic we face. The short of it: 'we don't know how long this will last'. Embracing a mindset for the long term 'now' will help you adapt and increase your resilience as circumstances continue to evolve. Below are some ways to help prepare for the long game."
Syracuse University. Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion
Lee, Mary Kate
2020-03-19
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As Schools Close Due to the Coronavirus, Mental Health Care for Children Must Be Protected
From the Document: "Thirty-nine U.S.states have ordered school closures to help reduce the spread of the rapidly evolving infectious respiratory disease COVID-19 and to protect the vulnerable populations most at risk, including older adults and those with a underling health conditions. As of March 18, 2020, this action affects at least 91,000 U.S. public and private schools which serve 41.7 million students, accounting for 73.7% of the total population. Although this strategy is necessary in the face of the pandemic, it is vitally important to understand that these closures, along with other public health measures such as social distancing, quarantine and isolation, can take a toll on mental health and further exacerbate many students' existing mental health problems. Nationwide, 1 in 6 youth in the U.S. aged 6-17 experience serious mental health disorders, and schools are often the front line for the provision of mental health services.As schools close, I urge service providers and state and local governments to make resources available to support our children's mental health and to reduce, as far as possible, the negative effects associated with school closures, while we combat the coronavirus pandemic."
Syracuse University. Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion
Zhang, Xiaoyan
2020-03-19
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Interim Recommendations for Adjusting Food Distribution Standard Operating Procedures in the Context of the COVID-19 Outbreak
From the Document: "As the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread in an unpredictable manner it presents a growing risk to all stakeholders involved in food assistance, particularly during food distributions. This Interim Guidance is intended for field coordinators, site managers managers and public health personnel, as well as national and local governments and the wider humanitarian community working in humanitarian situations at food distribution sites, who are involved in the decision making and implementation of multi-sectorial COVID-19 outbreak readiness and response activities - the Guidance is therefore relevant for all Humanitarian Clusters and their partners."
Inter-Agency Standing Committee
2020-03-19
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Report - 59
From the Document: "With the emergence of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] virus, many uncertainties remain as to certain epidemiological, seroepidemiological (related to identifying antibodies in the population), clinical and virological characteristics of the virus and associated disease. Studies to assess these characteristics in different settings are critical to furthering our understanding. They will also provide the robust information needed to refine forecasting models and inform public health measures. As such, WHO [World Health Organization], in collaboration with technical partners, has adapted early epidemiological investigations protocols from pandemic influenza and from MERS-CoV [Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus], to better understand these characteristics and how they may be used to inform public health measures."
World Health Organization
2020-03-19
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Report - 60
From the Highlights: "[1] Six new countries/territories/areas (African Region [2], and Region of the Americas [2], and Western Pacific Region [2]) have reported cases of COVID19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. [2] To increase access to reliable information, WHO [World Health Organization] has partnered with WhatsApp and Facebook to launch a WHO Health Alert messaging service. This service will provide the latest news and information on COVID-19, including details on symptoms and how people can protect themselves. The Health Alert service is now available in English and will be introduced in other languages next week. To access it, send the word 'hi' to the following number on WhatsApp: +41 798 931 892. [3] The first vaccine trial has begun just 60 days after the genetic sequence of the virus was shared by China. This is an incredible achievement. To ensure clear evidence of which treatments are most effective, WHO and its partners are organizing a large international study, called the Solidarity Trial, in many countries to compare different treatments. [4] WHO and Global Citizen launched #TogetherAtHome, a virtual, no-contact concert series to promote physical distancing and action for global health."
World Health Organization
2020-03-19
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National Strategy Sessions on Sustaining Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic
From the Webpage: "How do we stay connected with survivors and continue to provide support, especially to those with the fewest resources and greatest needs, while keeping our programs, staff, and communities healthy? The National Resource Center for Reaching Victims is hosting a series of strategy sessions to bring people in the crime victims field together to tap into our collective strength and creativity to solve the unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic together. Each strategy session feature a different set of panelists. Panelists discuss the impact COVID-19 is having on crime survivors and their access to victim services, police, courts, hospitals, and other vital systems of support. They also answer attendees' most pressing questions."
National Resource Center for Reaching Victims
2020-03-19
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Fact Sheet: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Eligible Emergency Protective Measures
From the Document: "Consistent with the President's national emergency declaration for the coronavirus (COVID- 19) pandemic on March 13, 2020, FEMA urges officials to, without delay, take appropriate actions that are necessary to protect public health and safety pursuant to public health guidance and conditions and capabilities in their jurisdictions. FEMA provides the following guidance on the types of emergency protective measures that may be eligible under FEMA's Public Assistance Program in accordance with the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration in order to ensure that resource constraints do not inhibit efforts to respond to this unprecedented disaster."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2020-03-19
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March 19, 2020: Interviews with Police Executives
This is the March 19, 2020 Daily COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) report from the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). This report contains interview quotes from five police executives, many of whom noted the difficulty associated with COVID-19 testing for their officers.
Police Executive Research Forum
2020-03-19
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Infection Prevention and Control During Health Care When COVID-19 is Suspected [March 19, 2020]
From the Background: "This is the first edition of guidance on infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies for use when COVID-19 [coronavirus disease of 2019] is suspected. It has been adapted from WHO's [World Health Organization] Infection prevention and control during health care for probable or confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, based on current knowledge of the situation and experience with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and MERS. WHO will update these recommendations as new information becomes available. This guidance is intended for health care workers (HCWs), health care managers, and IPC teams at the facility level but it is also relevant for national and district/provincial levels. Full guidelines are available from WHO."
World Health Organization
2020-03-19
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Covid-19 Fallout: Quantifying First-Cut Impact of the Pandemic
From the Document: "The Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) has cast a long shadow over a much-anticipated mild recovery in the Indian economy in fiscal 2021, with the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring it a pandemic. External risks to global growth has increased significantly now. S&P [Standard and Poor] Global foresees a recession in the US and the Eurozone, and has its forecast for China's growth slashed to 2.9% from 4.8% announced on March 5. Domestically, some hit to consumption demand because of social distancing is likely, though it is too early for that to reflect in data. Currently, the other downside to growth is also due to the financial sector stress now percolating to private sector banks."
Credit Rating Information Services of India Ltd.
2020-03-19
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COVID-19 and Direct Payments to Individuals: How Did the 2008 Recovery Rebates Work? [Updated March 19, 2020]
From the Document: "In response to concerns about an economic slowdown stemming from the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, policymakers have been considering a broad array of policy options. Some are targeted directly toward individuals and industries that may be most affected. Others would more broadly seek to stimulate the economy. Among this latter category of policies, some have proposed direct cash payments sent to virtually all U.S. households. In 2008 Congress enacted direct cash payments--the 2008 recovery rebates--that were tax credits advanced to households that had filed an income tax return. A portion of these credits were refundable and hence available to taxpayers with little to no income tax liability, including many low-income filers. [...] This Insight provides a brief overview of how those 2008 recovery rebates worked."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
2020-03-19
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COVID-19: Global Implications and Responses [Updated March 19, 2020]
From the Document: "As of March 18, 2020, the novel coronavirus that began sickening patients in Wuhan, China, in early December 2019 had spread across the globe. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 15 countries, including the United States, have reported more than 1,000 infections. Europe is the current epicenter for cases and deaths related to the virus. WHO has named the new virus 'severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2' (SARS-CoV-2) and the disease that it causes 'coronavirus disease 2019' (COVID-19). WHO declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30, raised its global risk assessment to 'Very High' on February 28, and labeled the outbreak a 'pandemic' on March 11. In using the term pandemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cited COVID-19's 'alarming levels of spread and severity' and governments' 'alarming levels of inaction.' President Donald J. Trump declared a national emergency in the United States on March 13."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Tharakan, Sara M.; Gottron, Frank; Lawrence, Susan V. . . .
2020-03-19
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COVID-19: Cybercrime Opportunities and Law Enforcement Response [March 19, 2020]
From the Document: "Opportunistic criminals and other malicious actors exploit the internet and rapidly evolving technology to their advantage. Criminals can compromise financial assets; hacktivists can flood websites with traffic, effectively shutting them down; and spies can steal intellectual property and government secrets. And, they capitalize on ever changing world events. Federal officials have cautioned about scams relating to the outbreak of disease caused by a previously unidentified strain of coronavirus, designated Coronavirus Disease 2019, or COVID-19. They have noted that '[c]yber actors may send emails with malicious attachments or links to fraudulent websites to trick victims into revealing sensitive information or donating to fraudulent charities or causes.' Indeed, analysts and officials have reported criminals using public interest in COVID-19 to their advantage. For instance, the Department of Justice (DOJ) cites 'reports of individuals and businesses selling fake cures for COVID-19 online and engaging in other forms of fraud, reports of phishing emails from entities posing as the World Health Organization or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and reports of malware being inserted onto mobile apps designed to track the spread of the virus.' In one scheme reported by security experts, hackers sold a malware infection kit that used an interactive map of coronavirus infections produced by Johns Hopkins University. The kit was designed to spread malware to steal passwords."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Finklea, Kristin
2020-03-19
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COVID-19 and Stimulus Payments to Individuals: How Did the 2008 Recovery Rebates Work? [March 19, 2020]
From the Document: "In response to concerns about an economic slowdown stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers have been considering a broad array of policy options. Some are targeted directly toward individuals and industries that may be most affected. Others would more broadly seek to stimulate the economy. Among this latter category of policies, some have proposed direct cash payments sent to virtually all U.S. households. In 2008 Congress enacted direct cash payments--the 2008 recovery rebates--that were tax credits advanced to households that had filed an income tax return. A portion of these credits were refundable and hence available to taxpayers with little to no income tax liability, including many low-income filers. (For answers to some common questions about advanced refundable tax credits, see CRS [Congressional Research Service] Insight IN11247). This Insight provides a brief overview of how those 2008 recovery rebates worked."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
2020-03-19
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Federal Assistance to Troubled Industries: Selected Examples [March 19, 2020]
From the Introduction: "Serious disruptions for certain industries caused by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic have led to calls for federal government assistance to affected industries. Although out of the ordinary, this would not be the first occasion on which the federal government has provided aid to troubled or financially distressed industries. To help inform congressional debate, this report examines selected past instances in which the government has aided troubled industries, providing information about the way in which such assistance was structured, the role of Congress, and the eventual cost."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Webel, Baird; Labonte, Marc; Canis, Bill . . .
2020-03-19
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Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce: Ensuring Community and National Resilience in COVID-19 Response [March 19, 2020]
From the Document: "The attached list identifies workers who conduct a range of operations and services that are essential to continued critical infrastructure viability, including staffing operations centers, maintaining and repairing critical infrastructure, operating call centers, working construction, and performing management functions, among others. The industries they support represent, but are not necessarily limited to, medical and healthcare, telecommunications, information technology systems, defense, food and agriculture, transportation and logistics, energy, water and wastewater, law enforcement, and public works. We recognize that State, local, tribal, and territorial governments are ultimately in charge of implementing and executing response activities in communities under their jurisdiction, while the Federal Government is in a supporting role. As State and local communities consider COVID-19 [coronavirus disease]-related restrictions, CISA [Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency] is offering this list to assist prioritizing activities related to continuity of operations and incident response, including the appropriate movement of critical infrastructure workers within and between jurisdictions. Accordingly, this list is advisory in nature. It is not, nor should it be considered to be, a federal directive or standard in and of itself."
United States. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
Krebs, Christopher
2020-03-19
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Global Economic Effects of COVID-19: In Brief [Updated March 18, 2020]
From the Overview: "Since the World Health Organization (WHO) first declared Covid-19 a world health emergency in January 2020, the virus has been detected in over 150 countries and almost all U.S. states. The infection has sickened more than 200,000 people, with thousands of fatalities. On March 11, the WHO announced that the outbreak was officially a pandemic, the highest level of health emergency. During that time, it has become clear that the outbreak is negatively impacting global economic growth. The virus is affecting a broad swath of economic activities, from tourism, medical supplies and other global value chains, consumer electronics, and financial markets to energy, food, and a range of social activities, to name a few. Without a clear understanding of when the health and economic effects may peak economic forecasts must necessarily be considered preliminary. Efforts to reduce social interaction to contain the spread of the virus are disrupting the daily lives of most Americans."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Jackson, James K., 1949-; Schwarzenberg, Andres B.; Weiss, Martin A. . . .
2020-03-18
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Hours of Service (HOS) Rule for Commercial Truck Drivers and the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Mandate [March 18, 2020]
From the Summary: "In response to the COVID [coronavirus disease]-19 outbreak, on March 13, 2020, the Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a national emergency declaration to exempt from the Hours of Service (HOS) rule through April 12, 2020, commercial drivers providing direct assistance in support of relief efforts related to the virus. This includes transport of certain supplies and equipment, as well as personnel. Drivers are still required to have at least 10 consecutive hours off duty (eight hours if transporting passengers) before returning to duty."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Peterman, David Randall
2020-03-18
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Interim Guidance for Homeless Shelters and Encampments to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19
From the Document: "It takes everyone's cooperation to effectively manage the spread of coronavirus disease [2019] (COVID-19) in Hawai'i. The Hawai'i Department of Health (HDOH) has issued recommendations to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at home, in the workplace and other settings. This guidance document is intended for homeless service providers and is developed using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Interim Guidance for Homeless Shelters and other resources. The situation in Hawai'i is rapidly evolving, and these guidelines will be updated as new information becomes available. These recommendations are intended to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and keep our community healthy within the constraints of our resources."
Hawaii. Department of Health
2020-03-18
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Can the Arab World Cope with the Coronavirus?
From the Document: "The coronavirus pandemic caught the Western world unprepared despite all the technology and medical advances available in those countries. What about Iran and the Arab world? How are they coping? These dictatorial states know how to control their populations and suppress both information and unrest, but appear for the most part to have no idea how to fight an invisible virus. Just as Italy is the source of much of the spread of the virus in the Western world, Iran has been the source of most of the infections in the Arab world. Almost every single case in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon originated in Iran. The Iranian regime has no idea how to contain the epidemic. The country has dealt with earthquakes, wars, and revolutions, but is finding it impossible to cope with the rapid spread of the coronavirus."
Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA Center)
Cohen, Edy
2020-03-18
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Coronavirus in the Middle East: Unlearned Lessons and Missed Opportunities
From the Executive Summary: "There is little indication that Middle Eastern rulers are learning any lessons from the devastating coronavirus. Nor is there any suggestion that they are willing to see the pandemic as an opportunity to negotiate new social contracts at a time when the virus has temporarily taken the wind out of the sails out of mass anti-government protests."
Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA Center)
Dorsey, James M.
2020-03-18
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Public Law 116-127: Families First Coronavirus Response Act
This document contains "[a]n [a]ct [m]aking emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes."
United States. Government Publishing Office
2020-03-18
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Executive Order 13909: Prioritizing and Allocating Health and Medical Resources to Respond to the Spread of COVID-19
From the Document: "I find that health and medical resources needed to respond to the spread of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], including personal protective equipment and ventilators, meet the criteria specified in section 101(b) of the Act (50 U.S.C. 4511(b)). Under the delegation of authority provided in this order, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may identify additional specific health and medical resources that meet the criteria of section 101(b)."
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Trump, Donald, 1946-
2020-03-18
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Gubernatorial Actions to Support Medical Surge Capacity
From the Document: "The coronavirus and COVID-19 [coronavirus disease] are spreading across the United States and experts predict significant disruption to the U.S. health care system. With hospitals typically operating at or near 100 percent capacity - particularly during flu season - the availability of facilities, equipment, personnel, and supplies can be limited. Federal- and state-level declarations of emergency provide governors a broad range of authorities to assist the health care system in meeting the surge in demand. The following are a selection of actions that may be within a governor's authority in various instances and settings."
National Governors' Association
McBride, Bill
2020-03-18
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Guidance for Preventive and Responsive Measures to Coronavirus by Police and Law Enforcment
From the Document: "The coronavirus, or COVID-19, has already been declared by the World Health Organization as a global pandemic. As the number of people infected in the United States grows exponentially, we must focus on prevention and containment in the criminal and immigration legal systems."
Vera Institute of Justice; Community Oriented Correctional Health Services
2020-03-18
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COVID-19 Telehealth Toolkit
From the Document: "Telehealth can be used to identify potential and confirmed mild/ moderate cases without person-to-person contact. Phone screening, virtual visits, and remote patient monitoring (RPM) data can help guide providers and patients in deciding when to escalate a case. While telehealth can help reduce exposures, reduce Emergency Department visits, and enable remote monitoring of symptoms, it does have limitations. There are certain procedures that would still need to take place in-person."
National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers
2020-03-18
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Guidance for Preventive and Responsive Measures to Coronavirus for Jails, Prisons, Immigration Detention and Youth Facilities
From the Document: "The coronavirus, or COVID-19, has been declared by the World Health Organization to be a global pandemic. As the number of people infected in the United States grows exponentially, we must focus on prevention and containment in the criminal and immigration legal systems. It is not a matter of if, but when, coronavirus shows up in courts, jails, detention centers, prisons, and other places where the work of the criminal and immigration systems occur. Actors in these systems have a unique and critical role to play. The importance of this role is underscored by how vast the footprint of these systems is--almost 10.5 million arrests a year, 2.2 million people in jail and prison at any given time, 50,000 in immigration detention, and another 4.5 million under some form of criminal justice supervision on probation or parole. The Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) and Community Oriented Correctional Health Services (COCHS) have created the guidance in this document to protect people who interact with and work in these systems."
Vera Institute of Justice; Community Oriented Correctional Health Services
2020-03-18
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USP Response to Shortages of Garb and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Sterile Compounding During COVID-19 Pandemic
From the Document: "This document is for informational purposes only and is intended to address the garb and personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages caused by the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease] pandemic."
United States Pharmacopeial Convention
2020-03-18
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COVID-19 Pandemic, Direct Cash Transfers, and the Federal Reserve
From the Document: "The economic fallout from the pandemic of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease] is likely to be large. Entire portions of the US economy are shutting down, and some forecasters are predicting that GDP [gross domestic product] will contract as much as 10 percent in 2020. Jason Furman, former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers for President Obama, believes the contraction could be even worse and surpass the depths of the Great Recession of 2007-2009. As a result, many are calling for a large government response, including direct cash transfers to households. There appears to be growing momentum for such programs, with Republican and Democratic senators calling for direct cash payments to households for the duration of the crisis. Even the White House is seriously considering this option. At the same time, the COVID-19 shock has accelerated the decline of interest rates to the point that it is impairing the ability of the Federal Reserve (Fed) to function."
Mercatus Center
Beckworth, David M.
2020-03-18
