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Do's and Don'ts of Trade Policy in the Response to COVID-19
From the Overview: "Despite the initial inclination of policy makers to close borders, maintaining trade flows during the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic will be crucial. Trade in both goods and services will play a key role in overcoming the pandemic and limiting its impact in the following ways: [1] by providing access to essential medical goods (including material inputs for their production) and services to help contain the pandemic and treat those affected, [2] ensuring access to food throughout the world, [3] providing farmers with necessary inputs (seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, equipment, veterinary products) for the next harvest, [4] by supporting jobs and maintaining economic activity in the face of a global recession. Substantial disruption to regional and global value chains will reduce employment and increase poverty. Trade policies will therefore be an essential instrument in the management of the crisis. Trade policy reforms, such as tariff reductions, can contribute: [1] to reducing the cost and improving the availability of COVID-19 goods and services, [2] to reducing tax and administrative burdens on importers and exporters, [3] to reducing the cost of food and other products heavily consumed by the poor and contributing to the macro-economic measures introduced to limit the negative economic and social impact of the COVID-19 related downturn, [4] to supporting the eventual economic recovery and building resilience to future crises."
World Bank Group
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Investing in the Early Years During COVID-19
From the Document: "Young children need comprehensive nurturing care which includes good health, adequate nutrition, early learning opportunities, responsive caregiving, and safety and security. Severe, lifelong impacts can result from deprivations during the early years if children do not have these critical inputs to ensure optimal child development. The World Bank's Investing in the Early Years framework [...] lays out three pillars to ensure children reach their full potential: i. Children are healthy and well-nourished, especially in the first 1,000 days; ii. Children receive early stimulation and learning opportunities; iii. Children are nurtured and protected from stress. In the following three pages, we set out specific risks that children face under each of these pillars due to the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] crisis, together with response options, potential platforms and country examples. While health and nutrition are key elements of the COVID-19 emergency response and are more likely to be addressed immediately, empowering parents to provide warm and responsive caregiving and ensuring safety and security of young children and early learning opportunities for young children is essential and risks falling through the cracks."
World Bank Group
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Coronavirus Anxiety Project [website]
From the Purpose: "[The Coronavirus Anxiety Project] is a research team that is studying how fear and anxiety about the coronavirus are affecting mental health and well-being of people around the globe. As of June 1, 2020, we have two mental health screeners of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] anxiety that have solid reliability and validity support. These instruments are now registered as research tools by the NIH [National Institutes of Health] Public Health Emergency and Disaster Research Response (DR2) Program. [...] The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS; Lee, 2020) assesses dysfunctional anxiety symptoms associated with the coronavirus. The CAS is currently being translated into many different languages and is being used by over 50 teams of health professionals and researchers from around the world. The newest COVID-19 instrument is the Obsession with COVID-19 Scale (OCS; Lee, 2020), which assesses persistent and disturbed thinking about COVID-19. Our hope is that health professionals and scholars will use these tools to identify people at risk for or suffering from clinically significant anxiety related to the coronavirus."
The Coronavirus Anxiety Project
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Roadmap to Recovery: CNL's Plan for Safe Business Resumption
From the Document: "This too shall pass. Timeless words, spoken in one variant or another, for centuries. While the COVID [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic has thrown our global community into never-before-seen turbulence for the past few months, it too will draw to a close. When and how exactly this will play out is not known, but it is critical that CNL [Canadian Nuclear Laboratories] is ready when it does. This plan presents our approach towards a careful, thoughtful, and reasonable return to routine operations across CNL. It is guided by our unwavering commitment to the protection of our staff, the safety of our campuses and facilities, and protection of public and the environment; and reflects the advice and guidance of provincial and federal health authorities."
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
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Data Visualization and Research Expert, Counterterrorism Mission Center, I&A
From the Description: "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Counterterrorism Mission Center [CTMC] seeks to bring in one or more Loaned Executive(s) to advise the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (l&A) on the exploration of new and novel ways to manipulate and present aggregated counterterrorism-related data from diverse sources into finished intelligence products. The goal of this position is to provide CTMC analysts with insight into data management, analysis, and aggregation strategies employed by private sector partners faced with complex data analysis problems."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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COVID-19 Employee Health Screening Survey
This document contains information on mandatory employee health survey at the beginning and end of the work shift for employees of Santa Monica Police Department.
Santa Monica (Calif.). Police Department
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[City of Santa Monica: Stay at Home/Safer at Home Warning]
This brochure includes information on administrative citations to enforce Emergency Orders.
Santa Monica (Calif.)
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Rural Test & Trace Toolkit: RT3 [website]
From the Website: "Vashon is a rural island community of 11,000 located in Puget Sound near Seattle, WA. We have no acute care or hospital care. When faced with these challenges, we developed and deployed a testing strategy that allowed our community to launch a successful testing site in less than 3 weeks using local resources, a volunteer workforce and without resources from our county's public health system that was already stretched thin. We believe that by following our blueprint, rural and tribal communities could stand up similar testing in one week using volunteer or professional medical and non-medical staff. Our strategy is founded on three basic principles: 1) that informed patients can self-collect nasal swab specimens for testing; 2) that exposure of volunteer healthcare workers to SARS-CoV2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] must be minimized; and 3) PPE [personal protective equipment] use can be minimized during testing by isolating patients and workers from each other throughout the testing process."
VashonBePrepared
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Guidance: Fiscal Year 2020 TVTP Grant Program: Implementation & Measurement Plan
From the Document: "The following guidance should be used to develop a Implementation & Measurement Plan (IMP). This plan will assist you in planning the implementation of your project and how you will measure its outcomes. Additionally, you will use this plan template to report progress against implementation milestones and report outcome data to DHS on a quarterly basis. In accordance with 2 CFR [Code of Federal Regulations] 200.328 significant developments should be reported in between reporting periods, and this plan may be utilized as well to do so."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Guidance to State and Local Governments and Other Federally Assisted Recipients Engaged in Emergency Preparedness, Response, Mitigation, and Recovery Activities on Compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
From the Document: "The United States Departments of Justice (DOJ), Homeland Security (DHS), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Transportation (DOT) are issuing this guidance to assist recipients of federal financial assistance engaged in emergency management (e.g., state and local emergency management agencies, law enforcement, healthcare service providers, housing and transit authorities) to ensure that individuals and communities affected by disasters do not face unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin (including limited English proficiency) in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI)."
United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Justice; United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development . . .
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COVID-19 Healthcare Delivery Impacts
From the Document: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic and the associated community mitigation efforts enacted have altered the delivery of and access to healthcare across the U.S. For example, emergency department (ED) visits are down by an estimated 40% in many communities across the country; many in-person office visits have been either postponed or changed to telehealth visits; elective procedures have been postponed indefinitely; and other forms of healthcare delivery have been changed to accommodate social distancing and community mitigation measures. Community mitigation actions, often driven by government orders and mandates, may lead to a change in demand for traditional healthcare services. This tip sheet can help healthcare system planners prepare to mitigate these potential healthcare delivery impacts."
United States. Technical Resources, Assistance Center and Information Exchange
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security FY 2021 Budget Request
From the Document: "The President's FY2021 Budget strengthens the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) prevention and protection missions. Nearly two decades after the attacks of September 11th, the U.S. faces an increasingly complex and evolving threat of terrorism and targeted violence. The DHS Strategic Framework to Counter Terrorism and Targeted Violence (Strategic Framework), released in September 2019, takes a whole-of-society approach to enhancing our prevention and protection capabilities to address evolving threats. Through better informing, empowering, and equipping our citizens and our state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) authorities, as well as our private sector, non- governmental, and community leaders, we will enhance the safety of our nation."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Technical Note: COVID-19 and Children Deprived of Their Liberty
From the Introduction: "Experience from previous infectious disease outbreaks indicates that new child protection risks are likely to emerge from the direct effects of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] as well as from measures to prevent and control its spread. Moreover, existing child protection risks are likely to be exacerbated. Some groups of people are more vulnerable in these circumstances, including, as discussed in this note, children deprived of their liberty, who often have compromised psychosocial, physical and mental health issues, live in crowded or unhygienic conditions and are more vulnerable to abuse and neglect. Lessons learned from previous outbreaks emphasize the need for States to accommodate increased child protection needs when devising and implementing their response plans. Failure to address such needs or delayed implementation of coordinated responses can increase suffering, cause irreparable harm to children and can delay the recovery of whole communities."
Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action; UNICEF
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Pandemic Influenza Continuity of Operations Annex Template
"This template provides guidance to assist organizations in developing a Pandemic Influenza Continuity of Operations plan or, if the organization already has a continuity plan, a Pandemic Influenza Annex. General guidance and sample information is provided for reference and organizations are encouraged to tailor Pandemic Influenza Continuity plans to meet specific organizational needs and requirements. The template contains all elements of a viable continuity plan and allows organizations to insert information as deemed appropriate."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Pandemic Influenza Continuity of Operations (COOP) Lake County Sheriff's Office
From the Introduction: "The Federal Government performs essential functions and services that may be adversely impacted in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. In such events, all government Departments and Agencies should have plans to continue to operate their core missions. Maintaining essential functions and services is a vital element in an organization's ability to continue operations. Continuity of operations for various agencies, businesses, and governmental jurisdictions may be disrupted during a pandemic; therefore, it is important for these entities, in particular, the Lake County Sheriff's Office, to ensure it can execute its essential missions in the event of a threat to its normal continuity of operations. Federal Preparedness Circular (FPC) 65, Federal Executive Branch Continuity of Operations (COOP), provides guidance to Federal Executive Branch Departments and Agencies for use in developing contingency plans and programs for COOP. COOP planning is intended to ensure the performance of Department and Agency essential functions across a wide range of all-hazards emergencies."
Lake County (Ohio). Sheriff's Office
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Senior Advisor, Information Sharing, I&A
From the Description: "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seeks to bring in one or more Loaned Executive(s) to advise the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) on the development of a joint public-private intelligence and analysis pilot program for financial services sector banks designated as Section 9. The pilot will include Section 9 bank representation, I&A analyst(s), virtual participation from U.S. Department of Treasury, and tentatively the National Security Agency. Pilot participants will work together in a classified environment to understand Section 9 bank needs and establish intelligence production processes that meet those needs to the extent possible. This effort is in direct support of Presidential Policy Directive-21 -to 'collaborate on intelligence and other sensitive or proprietary information related to critical infrastructure.'"
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Thinking Through the Unthinkable - How Help from an Unlikely Source Will Strengthen Capacity and Reduce Terrorist Threats in and Around the Straits of Malacca and Singapore
From the Abstract: "This paper describes how the United States government can help Singapore's Information Fusion Center identify, target, and eliminate or reduce the threat of maritime terrorism in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (Straits). The geography of the Straits and the volume of shipping trade that passes through its waterways make the Straits a prime target for terrorists, and an ongoing security concern for the Indonesian government. Despite coordination, joint patrols and even local maritime information centers amongst partner nations, there remains much to improve Indonesia's security posture and counter-terrorism capabilities in and around the Straits. Jakarta's concern over the Straits, and its nearby ports, is no different than another mega city that struggles with similar terrorist threats and challenges within its own ports and waterways - New York City. In New York, the agency charged with preventing terrorist attacks is a law enforcement one, the New York City Police Department, whose officers and analysts could share their knowledge, specifically in predictive analytics, to stop terrorist threats in Indonesia's 'back yard'. Such assistance will benefit both parties facing terrorists that plan and operate globally, but strike locally."
Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
Carter, Alex
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COVID-19 Pandemic Planning Scenarios
From the Document: "CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) have developed five COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Pandemic Planning Scenarios that are designed to help inform decisions by modelers and public health officials who utilize mathematical modeling. The planning scenarios are being used by mathematical modelers throughout the Federal government. Models developed using the data provided in the planning scenarios can help evaluate the potential effects of different community mitigation strategies (e.g., social distancing)."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
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Moral Injury in Healthcare Workers on the Frontlines of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak
From the Document: "Moral injury (sometimes referred to as 'moral distress') can occur when someone engages in, fails to prevent, or witnesses acts that conflict with their values or beliefs. Most healthcare workers typically do not experience significant distress from difficult situations at work because of their training and preparation, healthcare cultural norms, messages and behavior of peers and leaders, and acceptance by families and the culture at large. However, in unprecedented contexts, such as a pandemic, some people may have difficulty with unfamiliar and potentially distressing work experiences."
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (U.S.)
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Emotional Well-Being and Coping During COVID-19
From the Document: "These are unprecedented times. We need to work extra hard to manage our emotions well. Expect to have a lot of mixed feelings. Naturally we feel anxiety, and maybe waves of panic, particularly when seeing new headlines. A recent article by stress scientist and Vice Chair of Adult Psychology Elissa Epel, PhD, outlines the psychology behind the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] panic response and how we can try to make the best of this situation. Our anxiety is helping us cope, bond together from a physical distance, and slow the spread of the virus. So our anxiety - while uncomfortable - is a good thing right now, especially if we manage it well. At the same time, we must effortfully prevent panic contagion and create periods when we can be screen-free and calm, engaging our attention in normal daily activities. Seize opportunities to share lightness and humor. Laughter right now is a relief for all of us!"
University of California, San Francisco
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CDC: Influenza (Flu) [website]
This website from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides up to date information related to seasonal and other influenza viruses, including pandemic flu. The website contains a variety of resources and tools including: a Flu Vaccine Finder; flu activity and surveillance maps, information on international flu activities, and information for specific high-risk groups.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Division of Global Migration and Quarantine [website]
The Public Health Mission of the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine [DGMQ] is "To reduce morbidity and mortality among immigrants, refugees, travelers, expatriates, and other globally mobile populations, and to prevent the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable diseases through regulation, science, research, preparedness, and response." From the DGMQ About Page: "DGMQ achieves its mission by focusing on the following topic areas: Immigrant, Refugee and Migrant Health promotes and improves the health of immigrants, U.S.-bound refugees, and migrants through domestic and overseas programs.[....] Quarantine and Border Health Services protects the public's health through detection of and response to communicable diseases related to travel and imported pathogens and improves the health of globally mobile populations transitioning to U.S. communities[....] Travelers' Health works to safeguard the health of U.S. residents traveling internationally or living abroad[....] Policy and Regulatory Affairs ensures effective policies and regulations are in place to prevent the introduction, transmission, and interstate spread of communicable diseases in the United States and its territories[....] Community Interventions for Infection Control works to prevent and slow the spread of pandemic influenza and other infectious diseases in communities through non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)[....] United States-Mexico Health works to improve the health of migrating populations through public health partnerships, science, and response at the U.S.-Mexico land border."
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
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Pandemic Influenza Q & A for County Officials
This document, published by the Indiana State Department of Health, provides information about avian influenza for county officials. It answers the following questions: "1) What is influenza pandemic? 2) How is an influenza pandemic different from a normal influenza outbreak? 3) When will the next influenza pandemic occur? 4) How can an influenza pandemic be avoided? And 5) What steps should I take as an elected official?"
Indiana. State Department of Health
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Public Health Seattle & King County: Isolation and Quarantine
"Public Health - Seattle & King County is leading the region in the unprecedented challenge of meeting preparedness and clinical requirements for disease surveillance, mass treatment operations, and for isolation and quarantine protocols and training."
Washington (State). Division of Public Health
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Fostering Resilience in Families During Uncertain Times
From the Document: "The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted life as we know it. The impact of it is felt in the mental health of children and families worldwide. Prevention strategies used to stop the spread of the coronavirus pose challenges to the education system, schoolage children, and the families trying to support their education. More than at any other time in history, families are feeling the challenges of supporting the health and emotional well-being of the children in their care. At the same time, they are grappling with many unknowns and changes in many other areas of life."
Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network
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COVID-19 Waste Management Factsheet 5: Links to Circularity -- Non-Healthcare Waste
From the Document: "As countries go on lock-down, people are encouraged to buy products for storage and use over time. Most of these long lasting items are packaged in plastics: if improperly disposed of, they will increase the amount of plastic waste generated, and potentially pollute land and marine environment. COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] waste must be collected and treated adequately to avoid littering or uncontrolled incineration causing impacts to human health, ecosystem quality, biodiversity, including impacts on soil, rivers, coastal lines and in the marine system."
United Nations Environment Programme
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World 101: COVID-19 [website]
This module developed by the Council on Foreign Relations contains resources exploring how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is reshaping the world.
Council on Foreign Relations
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CORD-19: COVID-19 Open Research Dataset [website]
From the Description: "The dataset contains all COVID-19 and coronavirus-related research (e.g. SARS [severe acute respiratory syndrome], MERS [Middle East respiratory syndrome], etc.) from the following sources: [1] PubMed's PMC [PubMed Central] open access corpus using this query (COVID-19 and coronavirus research); [2] Additional COVID-19 research articles from a corpus maintained by the WHO [World Health Organization]; [and 3] bioRxiv and medRxiv pre-prints using the same query as PMC (COVID-19 and coronavirus research). We also provide a comprehensive metadata file of 29,000 coronavirus and COVID-19 research articles with links to PubMed, Microsoft Academic and the WHO COVID-19 database of publications (includes articles without open access full text)."
Semantic Scholar
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Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers: Molecular Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) COVID-19 Authorized Tests [Cleveland Clinic SARS-CoV-2 Assay]
From the Document: "This Fact Sheet informs you of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of a Molecular LDT [laboratory developed test] COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Authorized Test called the Cleveland Clinic SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] Assay that has been issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by FDA. The Molecular LDT COVID-19 Authorized Test is authorized for use on certain respiratory specimens collected from individuals suspected of COVID-19 by their healthcare provider."
United States. Food and Drug Administration
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Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers: Molecular Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) COVID-19 Authorized Tests [Wren Laboratories COVID-19 PCR Test]
From the Document: "This Fact Sheet informs you of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of a Molecular LDT [Laboratory Developed Test] COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Authorized Test called the Wren Laboratories COVID-19 PCR [polymerase chain reaction] Test that has been issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by FDA. The Molecular LDT COVID-19 Authorized Test is authorized for use on certain respiratory specimens collected from individuals suspected of COVID-19 by their healthcare provider."
United States. Food and Drug Administration
