03/18/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). Published: 3/18/2020. The International Association of Fire Chiefs Coronavirus Task Force developed this 13-page guide to identify key recommendations, best practices, and considerations for the COVID-19 outbreak. Some aspects of a COVID-19 preparedness plan will rely heavily on local and state regulations, collective bargaining agreements, and a fire department’s respective insurance policies or benefit plans. (PDF)
03/17/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 3/17/2020. This web page for healthcare professionals, updated on March 17, 21, 2020, provides answers to frequently asked questions about the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Topics includes the clinical features of COVID-19, who is at risk, which body fluids can spread infection, how healthcare personnel should protect themselves when evaluating a patient who may have COVID-19, and how to treat a COVID-19 infection. (Text)
03/17/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 3/17/2020. This five-page document aims to support public health preparedness planning and response activities when advising healthcare services on approaches on how to increase capacity for managing COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases in the context of widespread sustained SARS-CoV-2 transmission in a particular community. Priority response measures should focus on reinforcing the capacity of healthcare systems in order to ensure rapid detection and diagnosis of cases. (PDF)
03/17/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 3/17/2020. During this one-hour Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) call, presenters focus on current information about COVID-19 (coronavirus) as it relates to long-term care facilities, including nursing homes. Topics include infection prevention and control guidance, steps facilities should take to prepare, and available resources. (Video or Multimedia)
03/17/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC). Published: 3/17/2020. This eight-page interim guidance addresses specific needs and considerations required in humanitarian situations, including camps and camp-like settings and the surrounding host communities, in scaling-up readiness and response operations for the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak through effective multi-sectoral partnership. It is relevant for all Humanitarian Clusters and their partners. It is co-published with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, International Organization for Migration, and World Health Organization. (PDF)
03/17/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 3/17/2020. This web page describes how 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. This is to ensure that all Americans – particularly those at high risk of complications from the virus that causes the disease COVID-19 (coronavirus) – are aware of easy-to-use, accessible benefits that can help keep them healthy while helping to contain the community spread of this virus. (Text)
03/17/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Published: 3/17/2020. This three-page memorandum provides information for Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Organizations (POs) to help control and prevent the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 (coronavirus). In response to the spread of COVID-19, POs should frequently monitor for potential symptoms of respiratory infection, as needed, and follow any other requirements mandated by their state. (PDF)
03/17/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 3/17/2020. This 19-page protocol has been designed to investigate the extent of infection, as determined by seropositivity in the general population, in any country in which COVID-19 (coronavirus) infection has been reported. Each country may need to tailor some aspects of this protocol to align with public health, laboratory, and clinical systems, according to capacity, availability of resources, and cultural appropriateness. (PDF)
03/16/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 3/16/2020. This 14-page guidance, updated on March 16, 2020, from the policy originally issued on February 29, 2020, is for diagnostic testing for coronavirus (COVID-19) in order to achieve more rapid testing capacity in the U.S. The policy set forth in this updated guidance, which addresses laboratories and commercial manufacturers, will help address these urgent public health concerns by helping to expand the number and variety of diagnostic tests, as well as available testing capabilities in health care settings, and reference and commercial laboratories. (PDF)
03/16/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 3/16/2020. This guidance, updated on March 16, 2020, is for healthcare providers and public health officials managing patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) under home isolation. It should be used to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the community, and is a reference to guide healthcare staff and public health officials before discontinuing home isolation of patients with COVID-19. (Text)
03/16/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Network for Public Health Law. Published: 3/16/2020. This one-hour real-time session focuses on an array of social distancing legal responses among federal, state, and local authorities, notably quarantine, isolation, school and other closures, and proposed “lockdowns.” It discusses how to assess the legal bases for social distancing in response to COVID-19; understand the core legal steps to engage quarantine and isolation; consider varied powers of federal, state, and local governments to institute school or other closures; and explore the constitutional limits of proposed lockdowns and other aggressive social distancing measures. (Video or Multimedia)
03/16/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Published: 3/16/2020. This four-page tip sheet provides information about social distancing, quarantine, and isolation, and describes feelings and thoughts people may have during and after social distancing, quarantine, and isolation during an infectious disease outbreak such as COVID-19 (coronavirus). It also suggests ways to care for behavioral health during these experiences, and provides resources for more help. (PDF)
03/16/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). Published: 3/16/2020. In this 51-minute virtual briefing for Congressional staff and Members of Congress, emergency physicians directly involved in the Washington State COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak provide an update on the latest developments, and use their experiences to provide valuable perspectives on what other communities should be doing to prepare for and handle this growing public health crisis. (Video or Multimedia)
03/16/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Imperial College London. Published: 3/16/2020. In the absence of a COVID-19 vaccine, this 20-page report assesses the potential role of a number of public health measures – so-called non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) – aimed at reducing contact rates in the population and thereby reducing transmission of the virus. Results show that in the United Kingdom and U.S. context, suppression will minimally require a combination of social distancing of the entire population, home isolation of cases, and household quarantine of their family members. (PDF)
03/16/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 3/16/2020. This web page provides guidance for healthcare providers and public health officials managing immunocompromised persons with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) under home isolation. It details a possible strategy to discontinue home isolation for immunocompromised persons with COVID-19 when a test-based strategy is feasible and desired. (Text)
03/16/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 3/16/2020. This web page provides guidance for occupational health programs and public health officials making decisions about return to work for healthcare personnel with confirmed COVID-19, or who have suspected COVID-19. It provides return to work criteria, strategies for return to work practices and restrictions, and crisis strategies to mitigate staffing shortages. (Text)
03/16/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 3/16/2020. This three-page fact sheet informs healthcare providers of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of the Panther Fusion® SARS-CoV-2 test, which received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on March 16, 2020. The Panther Fusion® SARS-CoV-2 assay is authorized for use on respiratory specimens from individuals who meet COVID-19 (coronavirus) clinical and/or epidemiological criteria. (PDF)
03/16/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 3/16/2020. This three-page fact sheet informs healthcare providers of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of LabCorp’s COVID-19 RT-PCR test, which received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on March 16, 2020. LabCorp’s COVID-19 RT-PCR test is authorized for use on respiratory specimens from individuals suspected of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by their healthcare provider. (PDF)
03/16/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). Published: 3/16/2020. As the number of cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) increases globally, law enforcement agencies should be prepared for the likelihood that the virus will impact their communities. This two-page checklist of considerations offers guidance to law enforcement agencies without an established emergency operations plan, and as additional points of consideration for agencies with an established emergency operations plan. (PDF)
03/16/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). Published: 3/16/2020. In this 46-minute webinar, representatives of the International Association of Fire Chiefs discuss how fire departments are on the front lines of the effort to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19), and review the most important information for fire chiefs to know when developing plans to treat patients and protect first responders. (Video or Multimedia)
03/16/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA). Published: 3/16/2020. This 27-minute podcast focuses on legal issues critical to preparedness, response, and recovery to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic for health care facilities. Speakers discuss how hospitals can secure their supply chain in these uncertain times. The podcast also discusses contract management issues and gives practical pointers on establishing an incident command center to ensure clinical and business issues are addressed. (Video or Multimedia)
03/15/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). Published: 3/15/2020. This two-page document provides guidance for law enforcement families about COVID-19 (coronavirus), with sections about Understanding the Virus; Talking to Children about COVID-19; Explaining Basic Hygiene Practices to Children; How Agencies Can Support Law Enforcement Families; Officers at Home; and Illness at Home. The document is a template that can adapted and distributed by individual police departments. (PDF)
03/14/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Occupational Safety and Health Administration [U.S. Department of Labor] (OSHA). Published: 3/14/2020. This memorandum provides temporary enforcement guidance to Compliance Safety and Health Officers for enforcing the Respiratory Protection standard, 29 CFR § 1910.134, with regard to supply shortages of N95 filtering facepiece respirators due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Department of Labor has been directed to take all appropriate and necessary steps to increase the availability of general use respirators for emergency use by healthcare personnel in healthcare facilities. (Text)
03/13/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Published: 3/13/2020. This interactive web page, updated on March 13, 2020, provides an expanded list of 274 EPA-registered disinfectant products that have qualified for use against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The list contains nearly 200 additional products—including 40 new products that went through the agency’s expedited review process. Information in the table is now sortable, searchable and printable, and can be easily viewed on a mobile device. EPA’s Emerging Viral Pathogen Guidance was developed and finalized in 2016 to allow for a rapid response in the event of an emerging viral pathogen outbreak. It was triggered for SARS-CoV-2 on January 29, 2020. (Text)
03/12/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Association of Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Professionals (AHEPP). Published: 3/12/2020. This one-hour, 32-minute webinar discusses research related to long-term respirator usage, including with a surgical mask overlay as recommended by the Institute of Medicine, and provides health policy guidance. The information is not specific to COVID-19 (coronavirus), but the outbreak is addressed. Objectives include identifying the reasons why long-term respirator usage planning is needed for hospitals; and describing interventions to prevent depleting respirator supplies during a disaster and to protect healthcare personnel wearing respiratory protective equipment for prolonged periods. (Video or Multimedia)
03/12/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance (ELRHA). Published: 3/12/2020. This two-page document summarizes a study that evaluated the effectiveness of community awareness and emergency healthcare training programs in reducing heat-related sickness and deaths, and improving community knowledge and behavior. The findings suggest that education and awareness for communities, and training for emergency care staff could help prepare for heat waves, but more systemic changes will likely be needed in future as climate change impacts are felt. (PDF)
03/11/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Imperial College London. Published: 3/11/2020. This 10-page report uses published and preprint studies of clinical characteristics of COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases in mainland China, as well as case studies of individuals from Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea, to examine the proportional occurrence of symptoms and the progression of symptoms through time. (PDF)
03/10/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). Published: 3/10/2020. This one-page document provides steps for police officers to take to reduce the likelihood of contracting COVID-19, and lists additional resources. It is a template that can be adapted and distributed by individual police departments. (PDF)
03/10/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). Published: 3/10/2020. This one-page fact sheet for law enforcement provides answers to questions: What is COVID-19?; How does the COVID-19 Virus Spread?; What are COVID-19 Symptoms?; and discusses Vulnerable Populations, and Treatment and Recovery. (PDF)
03/10/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). Published: 3/10/2020. This 97-page document provides 45+ top questions about COVID-19 answered with detailed message maps, which are risk communication tools used to help organize complex information and make it easier to express current knowledge. Each question has a short and long answer. Question topics include Travel, Protection, Transmission, Outbreak, Response, and Control. The document is written for State and Territorial Health Officials (S/THOs), who play a critical role in the health security of the country. (PDF)
03/09/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Imperial College London. Published: 3/9/2020. Many countries have implemented screening of returning citizens to test for COVID-19 (coronavirus) infection. This 10-page report describes how these repatriation flights provide snapshots of the infection prevalence over time and insights into the levels of transmission in Wuhan City, and presents information on the number of individuals repatriated; their destination country; whether individuals were tested for the pathogen responsible for COVID-19 regardless of symptoms; and their outcomes where available were sourced from publicly available sources. (PDF)
03/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: CARE International. Published: 3/2020. This nine-page report discusses the implications that the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) might have on women and girls in development and humanitarian settings. Informed by lessons learned from past public health emergencies, this analysis shows that COVID-19 outbreaks in development or humanitarian contexts could disproportionately affect women and girls in a number of ways, including adverse effects on their education, food security and nutrition, health, livelihoods, and protection. (PDF)
02/21/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Imperial College London. Published: 2/21/2020. This six-page document is Report 6 of a series of reports from Imperial College London on COVID-19. It analyzed COVID-19 cases exported from mainland China to different regions and countries, comparing the country-specific rates of detected and confirmed cases per flight volume to estimate the relative sensitivity of surveillance in different countries. (PDF)
02/15/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Imperial College London. Published: 2/15/2020. This seven-page document is Report 5 of a series of reports from Imperial College London on COVID-19. It describes how genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, provides information about epidemic origins and the rate of epidemic growth. By analyzing 53 SARS-CoV-2 whole genome sequences collected up to February 3, 2020, the analysis finds a strong association between the time of sample collection and accumulation of genetic diversity. (PDF)
02/10/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Imperial College London. Published: 2/10/2020. This 12-page document is Report 4 of a series of reports from Imperial College London on COVID-19. It presents case fatality ratio (CFR) estimates for three strata of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) infections. It is important to note that the differences in these estimates do not reflect underlying differences in disease severity between countries. CFRs seen in individual countries will vary depending on the sensitivity of different surveillance systems to detect cases of differing levels of severity and the clinical care offered to severely ill cases. (PDF)
01/25/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Imperial College London. Published: 1/25/2020. This five-page document is Report 3 of a series of reports from Imperial College London on COVID-19. It details how self-sustaining human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is the only plausible explanation of the scale of the outbreak in Wuhan, China. The analysis indicates that it is highly likely that the human-to-human transmissibility of COVID-19 is sufficient to support sustained human transmission unless effective control measures are implemented. (PDF)
01/22/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Imperial College London. Published: 1/22/2020. This six-page document is Report 2 of a series of reports from Imperial College London on COVID-19, and updates Report 1. Since then, cumulative confirmed cases reported by the Chinese authorities have increased 10-fold. The analysis suggests that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has caused substantially more cases of moderate or severe respiratory illness in Wuhan than have currently been detected. (PDF)
01/17/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Imperial College London. Published: 1/17/2020. This four-page document is Report 1 of a series of reports from Imperial College London on COVID-19. It estimates the potential number of COVID-19 cases in Wuhan City, China, as of January 17, 2020, and concludes that it is likely that the Wuhan outbreak of the novel coronavirus has caused substantially more cases of moderate or severe respiratory illness than currently reported. (PDF)
01/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). Published: 1/2020. This 39-page report summarizes a project to provide the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Homeland Security Research Program (HSRP) with credible information on the selection and implementation of technologies to protect human health and the environment during a remediation effort following an intentional or unintentional catastrophic event or release to the environment. This goal was achieved by testing and evaluating multiple monitors capable of detecting mercury (Hg) in the ambient air. (PDF)
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