CDC warns of potential for widespread exposure to COVID-19

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Subject: CDC warns of potential for widespread exposure to COVID-19

SMS Alert Text:

CDC: COVID-19 capable of spreading easily and sustainably from person to person. With current trajectory, many in US will be exposed this year or next.

Supplemental Info:

The following comment is from Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Director for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, during an ongoing CDC Telebriefing:

”This virus is capable of spreading easily and sustainably from person to person based on the available data. It's fair to say as the trajectory of the outbreak continues, many people in the US will...either this year or next, be exposed to this virus."

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/a0309-covid-19-update.html

Official Coronavirus Information Pages

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Food and Drug Administration

Public Health Agency of Canada

Infection Prevention and Control Canada

World Health Organization

Official Pandemic Preparedness Guidance:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Department of Homeland Security / Ready.Gov

World Health Organization

Assorted Additional Resources

(While some of the resources below were prepared for pandemic influenza, the broader guidance contain therein is directly applicable to the current coronavirus crisis).

Community Mitigation Guidelines to Prevent Pandemic Influenza
Fundamentals of Emergency Planning for Schools
Healthcare Systems Preparedness for COVID-19
Pub Health Guidance for Community-Level Preparedness & Response
Business Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist
Faith-based & Community Org. Pandemic Influenza Checklist
WHO Checklist for Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Planning
Get Your Workplace Ready for Pandemic Flu
Dept of Defense Coronavirus Response Page
DHS Supplemental Instructions For Inbound Flights

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