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Editor, Senior Moderator
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
. 2020 Oct 2;69(39):1398-1403.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6939a3.
CDC Deployments to State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Health Departments for COVID-19 Emergency Public Health Response - United States, January 21-July 25, 2020
Emilio Dirlikov, Ethan Fechter-Leggett, Stacy L Thorne, Caitlin M Worrell, Jennifer C Smith-Grant, Jonathan Chang, Alexandra M Oster, Adam Bjork, Stanley Young, Alvina U Perez, Tricia Aden, Mark Anderson, Susan Farrall, Jaime Jones-Wormley, Katherine Hendricks Walters, Tanya T LeBlanc, Rebecca Greco Kone, David Hunter, Laura A Cooley, Vikram Krishnasamy, Jennifer Fuld, Carolina Luna-Pinto, Tanya Williams, Ann O'Connor, Randall J Nett, Julie Villanueva, Nadia L Oussayef, Henry T Walke, Jill M Shugart, Margaret A Honein, Dale A Rose, CDC COVID-19 State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Response Team
Collaborators, Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral respiratory illness caused by SARS-CoV-2. During January 21-July 25, 2020, in response to official requests for assistance with COVID-19 emergency public health response activities, CDC deployed 208 teams to assist 55 state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments. CDC deployment data were analyzed to summarize activities by deployed CDC teams in assisting state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments to identify and implement measures to contain SARS-CoV-2 transmission (1). Deployed teams assisted with the investigation of transmission in high-risk congregate settings, such as long-term care facilities (53 deployments; 26% of total), food processing facilities (24; 12%), correctional facilities (12; 6%), and settings that provide services to persons experiencing homelessness (10; 5%). Among the 208 deployed teams, 178 (85%) provided assistance to state health departments, 12 (6%) to tribal health departments, 10 (5%) to local health departments, and eight (4%) to territorial health departments. CDC collaborations with health departments have strengthened local capacity and provided outbreak response support. Collaborations focused attention on health equity issues among disproportionately affected populations (e.g., racial and ethnic minority populations, essential frontline workers, and persons experiencing homelessness) and through a place-based focus (e.g., persons living in rural or frontier areas). These collaborations also facilitated enhanced characterization of COVID-19 epidemiology, directly contributing to CDC data-informed guidance, including guidance for serial testing as a containment strategy in high-risk congregate settings, targeted interventions and prevention efforts among workers at food processing facilities, and social distancing.
. 2020 Oct 2;69(39):1398-1403.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6939a3.
CDC Deployments to State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Health Departments for COVID-19 Emergency Public Health Response - United States, January 21-July 25, 2020
Emilio Dirlikov, Ethan Fechter-Leggett, Stacy L Thorne, Caitlin M Worrell, Jennifer C Smith-Grant, Jonathan Chang, Alexandra M Oster, Adam Bjork, Stanley Young, Alvina U Perez, Tricia Aden, Mark Anderson, Susan Farrall, Jaime Jones-Wormley, Katherine Hendricks Walters, Tanya T LeBlanc, Rebecca Greco Kone, David Hunter, Laura A Cooley, Vikram Krishnasamy, Jennifer Fuld, Carolina Luna-Pinto, Tanya Williams, Ann O'Connor, Randall J Nett, Julie Villanueva, Nadia L Oussayef, Henry T Walke, Jill M Shugart, Margaret A Honein, Dale A Rose, CDC COVID-19 State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Response Team
Collaborators, Affiliations
- PMID: 33001876
- DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6939a3
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral respiratory illness caused by SARS-CoV-2. During January 21-July 25, 2020, in response to official requests for assistance with COVID-19 emergency public health response activities, CDC deployed 208 teams to assist 55 state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments. CDC deployment data were analyzed to summarize activities by deployed CDC teams in assisting state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments to identify and implement measures to contain SARS-CoV-2 transmission (1). Deployed teams assisted with the investigation of transmission in high-risk congregate settings, such as long-term care facilities (53 deployments; 26% of total), food processing facilities (24; 12%), correctional facilities (12; 6%), and settings that provide services to persons experiencing homelessness (10; 5%). Among the 208 deployed teams, 178 (85%) provided assistance to state health departments, 12 (6%) to tribal health departments, 10 (5%) to local health departments, and eight (4%) to territorial health departments. CDC collaborations with health departments have strengthened local capacity and provided outbreak response support. Collaborations focused attention on health equity issues among disproportionately affected populations (e.g., racial and ethnic minority populations, essential frontline workers, and persons experiencing homelessness) and through a place-based focus (e.g., persons living in rural or frontier areas). These collaborations also facilitated enhanced characterization of COVID-19 epidemiology, directly contributing to CDC data-informed guidance, including guidance for serial testing as a containment strategy in high-risk congregate settings, targeted interventions and prevention efforts among workers at food processing facilities, and social distancing.