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Providing Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National Guard to Respond to COVID-19: Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [And] the Secretary of Homeland Security, March 28, 2020
From the Document: "It is the policy of the United States to take measures to assist State Governors in their responses to all threats and hazards to the American people in their respective States and territories. Considering the profound and unique public health risks posed by the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], the disease caused by the novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 (''the virus''), the need for close cooperation and mutual assistance between the Federal Government and the States is greater than at any time in recent history. [...] All States have activated their Emergency Operations Centers and are working to fight the spread of the virus and attend to those who have symptoms or who are already infected with COVID-19."
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Trump, Donald, 1946-
2020-03-28
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National Coronavirus Response: A Road Map to Reopening
From the Executive Summary: "This report provides a road map for navigating through the current COVID-19 [coronavirus disease] pandemic in the United States. It outlines specific directions for adapting our public-health strategy as we limit the epidemic spread of COVID-19 and are able to transition to new tools and approaches to prevent further spread of the disease. We outline the steps that can be taken as epidemic transmission is brought under control in different regions. These steps can transition to tools and approaches that target those with infection rather than mitigation tactics that target entire populations in regions where transmission is widespread and not controlled. We suggest measurable milestones for identifying when we can make these transitions and start reopening America for businesses and families. In each phase, we outline the steps that the federal government, working with the states and public-health and health care partners, should take to inform the response. This will take time, but planning for each phase should begin now so the infrastructure is in place when it is time to transition."
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Gottlieb, Scott; Rivers, Caitlin; McClellan, Mark B. . . .
2020-03-28
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Report - 68
From the Highlights: "[1] No new countries/territories/areas reported cases of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] in the past 24 hours. [2] The WHO [World Health Organization] Director-General highlighted in his media briefing yesterday that the chronic global shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) is one of the most urgent threats to our collective ability to save lives. To date, WHO has shipped almost 2 million individual items of PPE to 74 countries and is preparing to send a similar amount to a further 60 countries. [...3] Today, WHO published the first edition of the practical manual to set up and manage a severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) treatment centre and a SARI screening facility in health-care facilities. The document has been developed to meet the operational needs emerging with the COVID-19 pandemic."
World Health Organization
2020-03-28
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Leading in a Crisis: How to Avoid Common Pitfalls and Build a High Performing Team
From the Webpage: "Responses to crises are to a large extent shaped by the shared sense-making, deliberation and decision-making that occurs in teams for policymaking, coordination and tactical response. Emergency plans position all manner of teams as crucial nodes in crisis response networks. For example, the USA's National Incident Management System (NIMS) identifies emergency support functions and provides a template for a 'project organisation' that can be adapted to the context and demands of a particular emergency, disaster or crisis. Similar systems exist in Australia and New Zealand, from ministers down to the tactical response level. The key question is how to compose, manage and work in such groups so that they perform productively and remain fit for purpose in a crisis. While emergency plans often provide generic guidance for their composition, they do not provide guidance on how to manage and navigate the crucial interpersonal and inter-professional processes that support--or inhibit--problem-solving during a crisis."
Australia and New Zealand School of Government
Stern, Eric; Hart, Paul 't; McConnell, Allan, 1957-
2020-03-28
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COVID-19 and the Recovery Rebates in the CARES Act: Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Beneficiaries [March 27, 2020]
From the Document: "The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, provides emergency relief measures in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Section 2201 of the CARES Act provides recovery rebates for most individuals, structured as automatically advanced tax credits to be disbursed by the Treasury Department. This Insight addresses the recovery rebates from the perspective of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Davies, Paul S., 1970-; Morton, William R.
2020-03-27
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Legal Issues Related to the COVID-19 Outbreak: An Overview [Updated March 27, 2020]
From the Document: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] outbreak has rapidly shifted the congressional agenda in recent weeks, while altering the daily lives of millions of American residents. Alongside the many medical, economic, social, and public policy questions raised by the pandemic are a range of legal issues. These include both short-term legal questions related to the unfolding outbreak as well as longer-term legal issues that are anticipated to persist in the wake of the crisis. Among the most immediate questions are those related to the scope of state and federal authorities concerning quarantine measures, travel and entry restrictions, the movement of medical goods, health care coverage, and the like. Of more ongoing concern may be legal issues ranging from those related to the development of vaccines, testing, treatments, and other medical countermeasures, to postponing national elections, to civil liability for COVID-19 exposure, to criminal actions related to hoarding and price gouging, to providing economic assistance to individuals and businesses, to foreclosure, eviction, and debt collection moratoria. This Legal Sidebar provides a list of legal resources discussing these and other legal topics related to the COVID-19 pandemic."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Lewis, Caitlain Devereaux
2020-03-27
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Administrator Gaynor's Letter to Emergency Managers
This document contains the Administrator Gaynor's letter to emergency managers.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2020-03-27
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Executive Order 13912: National Emergency Authority to Order the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty
From the Document: "The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, at the direction of the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, are authorized to order to active duty not to exceed 24 consecutive months, such units, and individual members of the Ready Reserve under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned, not to exceed 1,000,000 members on active duty at any one time, as the Secretary of Defense and, with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, the Secretary of Homeland Security consider necessary. The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as applicable, will ensure appropriate consultation is undertaken with relevant state officials with respect to the utilization of National Guard Reserve Component units activated under this authority."
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Trump, Donald, 1946-
2020-03-27
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COVID-19 : structures de gestion de crise
"Le Coronavirus vous impose de gérer simultanément une crise sanitaire et économique. Vous avez donc besoin d'une structure de commandement afin de gérer la réponse à la crise sanitaire et d'une structure de coordination intergouvernementale afin de régir l'ensemble des politiques économiques et sociales."
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
2020-03-27
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Cameroon COVID-19 Outbreak [presenation]
From the Document: "There is no evidence that Cameroon has a general national public health emergency response plan for an epidemic in place, though some disease-specific response plans exist. According to the 2017 Joint External Evaluation of Cameroon, planning for public health emergencies is covered in the general 'National contingency plan' (2011), which is a disaster risk reduction plan; a sectoral contingency plans for diseases such as Ebola, polio and cholera. (GHS [Globally Harmonized System] Index, Cameroon 2019) The health system in the country is fragmented and the facilities are not equally distributed geographically. The same is true for medical equipment. [...] The country also has regional public health alert cells, but there is no evidence of a risk communication plan specifically intended for use during a public health emergency. (GHS Index, Cameroon 2019) The management of a possible COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] outbreak is likely to be critical in rural areas, where access is compromised by instability and insecurity, and where the health system is fragilized by the pression of the increased amount of displaced people."
Assessment Capacities Project
2020-03-27
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Covid19 Best Practices for Food Stores
From the Document: "Stores will remain open out of necessity. The biggest threat to the food system is to the distribution points (stores, restaurants and markets) where the population meets the food production system. They are gathering and transmission nodes. The health of truckers is also a primary concern as truckers interact with stores in cluster areas. Absent healthy truckers, food stores will close. The food system as a whole has little centralized control. Food stores are in the front line in the fight against Covid19 [coronavirus disease 2019] and many are creating their own practices for dealing with this threat. While mandatory standardization is not possible, a shared set of best practices will be helpful to food stores."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
InfraGard National Disaster Resilience Council
2020-03-27
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COVID-19 Priorities Checklist for State Leaders
From the Document: "Below is a dynamic list of best practices being utilized by states across the country."
United States of Care Campaign
Wikelius, Kristin; Hagan, Liz
2020-03-27
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Ethical Framework for Decision Making in HPC During the COVID-19 Pandemic
From the Document: "Hospice and palliative care programs await regulatory guidance related to changes in practices in the time of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease]. CMS [Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services] has encouraged programs to make decisions on a case by case basis with ample documentation to demonstrate how goals of care for each patient are being met in a safe and appropriate manner. This Ethical Framework, drafted by members of NHPCO's [National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization] Ethics Advisory Council, is offered not in place of regulatory guidance from CMS, but as a tool to assist programs and professionals in having these critical conversations. Even when regulations are provided, all decision-making is best served when grounded in and structured by the ethics and values we are bound to uphold. This document is not intended to be the final word on the matter but is offered as a starting point for an on-going and evolving dialogue. We welcome feedback and suggestions for resources to add to those offered at the end of this document. When faced with decisions in hospice and palliative care, rarely is there a one-size fits all solution. Differences in practice settings, patient and family characteristics, agency type, availability of resources, etc. all come into play. The following questions may be used in any situation to guide the conversation as we consider what the core ethical principles of healthcare require of us through each decision."
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (U.S.)
2020-03-27
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, March 27, 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: "Patterns and Characteristics of Methamphetamine Use Among Adults -- United States, 2015-2018"; "Nonfatal Violent Workplace Crime Characteristics and Rates by Occupation -- United States, 2007-2015"; "Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment Scale-Up Among Antiretroviral Therapy Patients -- 16 Countries Supported by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, 2017-2019"; "Genotyping and Subtyping 'Cryptosporidium' To Identify Risk Factors and Transmission Patterns -- Nebraska, 2015-2017"; "COVID-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility -- King County, Washington, February 27-March 9, 2020"; "Severe Outcomes Among Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) -- United States, February 12-March 16, 2020"; "Public Health Responses to COVID-19 Outbreaks on Cruise Ships -- Worldwide, February-March 2020"; "Ongoing Cluster of Highly Related Disseminated Gonococcal Infections -- Southwest Michigan, 2019"; "Nationwide Hepatitis E Outbreak Concentrated in Informal Settlements -- Namibia, 2017-2020"; and "QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Who Had a Severe Headache or Migraine in the Past 3 Months, by Sex and Age Group -- National Health Interview Survey, 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.)
2020-03-27
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Interim Guidance on Management of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Correctional and Detention Facilities
From the Document: "This document is intended to provide guiding principles for healthcare and non-healthcare administrators of correctional and detention facilities (including but not limited to federal and state prisons, local jails, and detention centers), law enforcement agencies that have custodial authority for detained populations (i.e., US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and US Marshals Service), and their respective health departments, to assist in preparing for potential introduction, spread, and mitigation of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] in their facilities. In general, the document uses terminology referring to correctional environments but can also be applied to civil and pre-trial detention settings."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-03-27
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Rapid Expert Consultation Update on SARS-CoV-2 Surface Stability and Incubation for the COVID-19 Pandemic
From the Description: "In response to a request from the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a standing committee of experts to help inform OSTP on critical science and policy issues related to emerging infectious diseases and other public health threats. The standing committee includes members with expertise in emerging infectious diseases, public health, public health preparedness and response, biological sciences, clinical care and crisis standards of care, risk communication, and regulatory issues. A previous Rapid Expert Consultation, dated March 15, provided feedback concerning issues of virus survival on surfaces and in the air, and virus/disease incubation period. This publication provides an update and elaboration on these issues, as well as some caveats about the work performed so far and as yet unmet needs."
National Academies Press (U.S.)
2020-03-27
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COVID-19 [March 27, 2020]
From the Background: "COVID-19 is the abbreviated name for novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 that first emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China and spread globally. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory illness that can spread from person to person through respiratory droplets. The situation with this outbreak is evolving rapidly with new information being learned daily. The CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] is monitoring the outbreak and working closely with federal, state, and local health departments. Because of this, healthcare personnel working in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) settings should refer to the CDC website for the latest updates[.]"
American Medical Directors Association
2020-03-27
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High Consequence Pathogens (Respiratory Diseases, SARS, MERS-CoV, Coronavirus)
This document contains COVID-19 [novel coronavirus disease] screening tool for first responders and EMS [Emergency Medical Services] personnel.
North Carolina. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Emergency Medical Services
2020-03-27
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)--Fighting Products (Updated 3/27/2020)
From the Document: "The American Chemistry Council's (ACC) Center for Biocide Chemistries (CBC) has compiled a list of products that have been pre-approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use against emerging enveloped viral pathogens and can be used during the current novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. This product list is not exhaustive but can be used by business owners, health professionals, and the public to identify products suitable for use during the COVID-19 situation. The information in this document is being provided as a public service. All efforts have been made to ensure the information is accurate, but ACC and CBC make no representations or warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of the information. ACC, CBC, and the product manufacturers listed in this document reserve the right to change, delete, or otherwise modify the information without any prior notice. Persons receiving this information must make their own determination as to a product's suitability prior to use based on the product labeling. ACC and CBC do not guarantee or warrant the standard of any product referenced or imply approval of the product to the exclusion of others that may be available. All products listed are registered for labeled uses in accordance with federal laws and regulations as of the date this document is being made available."
American Chemistry Council
2020-03-27
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Lessons from the Trenches: Leading During a Public Health Crises [podcast]
From the Website: "In just a matter of weeks, the situation around COVID-19 in the United States altered dramatically. Now, dozens of states have called for non-essential businesses to close and for residents to stay at home. It's an evolving situation that's testing many aspects of American life. On this episode, we speak with two public health veterans who led state health departments during times of public health uncertainty--like H1N1 and Ebola. Our guests discuss the lessons they learned during trying times, the advice they'd give the public health workforce, and their thoughts on the situation surrounding COVID-19."
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (U.S.)
Sharfstein, Joshua M.; Devlin, Leah
2020-03-27
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Executive Order 13911: Delegating Additional Authority Under the Defense Production Act With Respect to Health and Medical Resources To Respond to the Spread of COVID-19
From the Document: "To ensure that our healthcare systems are able to surge capacity and capability to respond to the spread of COVID [coronavirus disease]-19, it is the policy of the United States to expand domestic production of health and medical resources needed to respond to the spread of COVID-19, including personal protective equipment and ventilators. Accordingly, I am delegating authority under title III of the Act to guarantee loans by private institutions, make loans, make provision for purchases and commitments to purchase, and take additional actions to create, maintain, protect, expand, and restore domestic industrial base capabilities to produce such resources. To enable greater cooperation among private businesses in expanding production of and distributing such resources, I am also delegating my authority under section 708(c) and (d) of the Act (50 U.S.C. 4558(c), (d)) to provide for the making of voluntary agreements and plans of action by the private sector."
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Trump, Donald, 1946-
2020-03-27
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance for Active Screening of Employees at 24/7 State-Operated Facilities
From the Document: "The Washington State Department of Health has developed guidance to assist 24/7 state-operated facilities in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. 24/7 state-operated facilities include: veterans homes, correctional, behavioral health, developmental disability and juvenile rehabilitation facilities. While operating in compliance with other applicable law, these facilities will modify processes to come into compliance with these protocols and will communicate agency process changes to staff and others. 24/7 state-operated facilities have experience managing respiratory infection outbreaks among residents, and staff should at a minimum apply the same outbreak management principles to COVID-19. Additionally, facilities should actively screen employees to prevent resident and staff exposure to COVID-19."
Washington (State). Department of Health
2020-03-27
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Austerity in the Age of COVID-19: A Match Made in Hell?
From the Summary: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease] pandemic has been described as the biggest crisis facing the world since the end of the Second World War. So far, the virus has caused an estimated 24,000 deaths worldwide and serious disruptions to social and economic life. The pandemic has also raised serious questions about whether the political and economic systems in many states can deal with a crisis of this nature."
Oxford Research Group
Rogers, Paul, 1943-
2020-03-27
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COVID-19 Outbreak: Its Epidemiology and the Political and Social Response [webinar]
From the Webpage: "On March 25, 2020, Dr. Paul Jackson, a former laboratory fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and senior scientist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, delivered a webinar on the status of the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease] outbreak, discussing the myths and truths surrounding the pandemic. He also answered: [1] What was the original source of the virus? [2] How did it get into the human population? [3] Could it have come from a bioweapons laboratory? [4] How does the virus spread? [5] How contagious is it? And how can we best contain the spread? [6] Are there super-spreaders--people who seem to spread the virus to a large number of people? [7] What is the fatality rate? [8] What is the range of severity? [9] Who is most susceptible? He uses an epidemiological framework to answer these and other questions."
James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Jackson, Paul J., Ph. D.
2020-03-27
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COVID-19 and Pretrial Detention
From the Document: "Major crises like the ongoing and future one connected to the SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] virus have a way of exposing current public-policy approaches as being woefully inefficient and insufficient at accomplishing their stated aims. While programs connected to public health and the economy will receive the most attention in the coming months, the impact of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease] on America's criminal justice system, and specifically its approach to pretrial detention, should receive significant attention as well. As most Americans are now aware, the United States incarcerates more individuals per capita than any developed country in the world. But what most Americans do not know is that 20 percent of people incarcerated in the United States--462,000 out of 2.3 million--are locked up in local jails just waiting for their day in court.1 They have not been convicted of anything. COVID-19 has made this already-bad situation worse, as courts have shut down. Overcrowded jails act as hotbeds for infections. Even as local law enforcement is acting to ameliorate the situation in the short term, reforms such as reducing the number of crimes requiring jail booking, eliminating cash bail, and encouraging alternatives to jail are necessary in the medium term."
Mercatus Center
Surprenant, Chris W., 1982-
2020-03-27
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At a Glance: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
This document is a collation of resources providing official guidance on COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada.
Public Health Ontario
2020-03-27
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Long-Term Care Nursing Homes Telehealth and Telemedicine Tool Kit
From the Intent: "Under President Trump's leadership to respond to the need to limit the spread of community COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has broadened access to Medicare telehealth services so that beneficiaries can receive a wider range of services from their doctors without having to travel to a healthcare facility. These policy changes build on the regulatory flexibilities granted under the President's emergency declaration. CMS is expanding this benefit on a temporary and emergency basis under the 1135 waiver authority and Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act. The benefits are part of the broader effort by CMS and the White House Task Force to ensure that all Americans - particularly those at high-risk of complications from the virus that causes the disease COVID-19, are aware of easy-to-use, accessible benefits that can help keep them healthy while helping to contain the community spread of this virus."
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)
2020-03-27
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Recommendations for Election Polling Locations, Interim Guidance to Prevent Spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
From the Background: "There is much to learn about the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Based on what is currently known about SARS-CoV-2 and about similar coronaviruses, spread from person-to-person happens most frequently among close contacts (within about 6 feet). This type of transmission occurs via respiratory droplets. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to persons from surfaces contaminated with the virus has not been documented. Transmission of coronavirus in general occurs much more commonly through respiratory droplets than through contact with contaminated surfaces. Current evidence suggests that SARS-CoV-2 may remain viable for hours to days on surfaces made from a variety of materials. Cleaning of visibly dirty surfaces followed by disinfection is a best practice measure for prevention of COVID-19 and other viral respiratory illnesses in election polling locations."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-03-27
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Triage of Suspected COVID-19 Patients in Non-US Healthcare Settings
From the Background/Purpose: "This document is intended for healthcare facilities that are receiving or are preparing to receive patients with suspected or confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This includes healthcare facilities providing either inpatient or outpatient services. It should be used to guide implementation of procedures at triage that can be effective at preventing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 virus) to patients and healthcare workers (HCWs). This document was developed based on current data on COVID-19 and experience with other respiratory viruses and will be updated as more information becomes available."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-03-27
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Travelers Returning from Cruise Ship and River Cruise Voyages
From the Document: "CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] recommends that all people defer travel on cruise ships, including river cruises, worldwide. That's because the risk of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] on cruise ships is high. Older adults and people with serious chronic medical conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, or lung disease, should especially defer travel on cruise ships, including river cruises, because of their increased risk for severe disease. Passengers who return from a cruise ship or river cruise voyage are advised to stay home for 14 days, monitor their health, and practice social distancing."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-03-27
