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These resources, curated in Spring of 2020, represent a set of information sources and tools designed to support and inform operational decisions during the COVID-19 response effort. All are publicly-accessible and free to access.

Resources are tagged by topic and phase of response. Use the filters below to find relevant resources. Use the Contact Us button on the upper right to share additional resources of interest.

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Modeling

COVID Act Now: The U.S. Intervention Model

https://covidactnow.org

This data platform helps project infections, hospitalizations, and deaths across the United States, helping decision makers understand when and how COVID will affect their communities. It also helps model how public health interventions contain the spread of COVID-19.

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Public Health Response

WHO Situational Reports

https://www.who.int

The World Health Organizaiton develops and posts daily situational reports outlining global developments, including spread and research and development.

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Urban Security

Rapid Urban Health Security Assessment (RUHSA) Tool

https://georgetown.app.box.com

This tool can help local leaders assess their current capacity for health security make good decisions as they help their communities prioritize and improve local capacity to respond to and prevent infectious disease threats.

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Caseload Mapping

John's Hopkins COVID-19 Global Case Tracker

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu

This tracking tool shows a map of the global case counts, deaths, and recoveries from COVID-19. In the United States, it also shows state level data. It is regularly updated.

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Public Health Response

COVID-19: What Mayors Need to Know

https://www.usmayors.org

This resource, developed by the US Conference of Mayors, details city guidelines and operational best practices, contains resources for fiscal tracking, reimbursements, and supplies.

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Reopening

National Covid-19 Testing Action Plan: Pragmatic steps to reopen our workplaces and our communities

https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org

With the first wave of infections from the Covid-19 pandemic cresting in much of the country, American political and business leaders rightly are considering plans to reopen the economy. This Action Plan is intended to serve as a resource guide for that allimportant project.

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Emergency Operations

Emergency Operations Center Assessment Checklist

https://www.fema.gov

This checklist outlines critical elements needed when state and local governments perform assessments of existing Emergency Operations Centers.

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PPE

Project N95

https://www.projectn95.org

This national resource helps connect healthcare providers with critical equipment, such as N95 masks.

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Local Mapping

Re:Public COVID Log

https://covid.re-public.app

COVID Log is a web platofrom that was built to give community leaders a customizable map-based platform with data on healthcare facilities, key demographic data, and COVID-19 caseload trends, enhanced by custom notes to support informed decisions during the pandemic.

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Reopening

Roadmap to Recovery: A Public Health Guide for Governors

https://www.nga.org

The global pandemic of COVID-19 poses an unprecedented challenge to the health and well-being of every state and territory across the country. While there is significant evidence that social distancing is effective at blunting the full force of COVID-19, these actions have come with significant economic and social costs.With the paramount aim of keeping individuals and communities safe, governors are committed to reopening states in a manner that preserves public safety and confidence.

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Local Guidance

Strengthening Preparedness for COVID-19 in Cities and Urban Settings: Interim Guidance for Local Authorities

https://apps.who.int

Cities and other urban settlements are at risk of COVID-19. Many densely populated areas have experienced high case numbers and deaths, which reflects the ease of introduction and spread of the virus in such places. Urban settings face unique dynamics that have a direct impact on the achievement of preparedness for all types of health emergencies, including COVID-19. These dynamics shape the capacity of authorities to mount an effective response, which further underscores the need to learn from the experiences and best practices of others, implement appropriate measures for preparedness before a public health emergency occurs and to adjust them as necessary.

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PPE

Mask Match

https://www.mask-match.com

This resource helps connect healthcare workers with spare masks and assists coordinating pickup and dropoff.

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Local Mapping

Disaster Response Program

https://www.esri.com

The ArcGIS Hub allows you to build a website to visualize and analyze the COVID-19 outbreak with your organization’s or community’s population and data. The tools is provided free of charge through a complimentary six-month subscription.

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PPE

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Burn Rate Calculator

https://www.cdc.gov

The Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Burn Rate Calculator is a spreadsheet-based model that will help healthcare facilities plan and optimize the use of PPE for response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Non-healthcare facilities such as correctional facilities may also find this tool useful.

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Modeling

Social distancing and mobility reductions have reduced COVID-19 transmission in King County, WA

https://covid.idmod.org

This report quantifies the impact of policies on reducing COVID-19 in King County, Washington.

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Public Health Response

COVID-19 guidance and the latest research in the Americas

https://cOvid19-evidence.paho.org

This database provides access to technical guidance, scientific publications, and ongoing research protocols. It is developed by the Pan American Health Organization and is Focused on the Americas region of the world. Information obtained here may not necessarily align with U.S. guidance or information, but may be helpful regardless.

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Local Guidance

Homelessness During the Pandemic: What to Do and How to Help

https://www.mymove.com

Since the outbreak, difficult conditions of homelessness in our country have increased. People that are experiencing unstable housing, food insecurity, and poverty have continued to struggle with limited access to resources. We created a guide that highlights the increased vulnerability of homelessness for families and children and how to support underprivileged populations during these unprecedented times.

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Modeling

Coronavirus Could Overwhelm U.S. Without Urgent Action, Estimates Say

https://www.nytimes.com

Data visualization showing how social distancing measures impact the speed and severity of an outbreak at the county level. The tool also compares the healthcare capacity by county.

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Emergency Operations

Microsoft Power Platform for Emergency Response

https://powerapps.microsoft.com

The Microsoft Power Platform helps manage communications across an organization during an emergency response.

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Financing

Fiscal First Aid: Recovering from Financial Distress

https://www.gfoa.org

Disasters can cause significant financial distress for even the best-prepared local governments – resulting in a situation in which governments do not have sufficient resources to finance all of their responsibilities. This resource details 12 actions to help local-governments navigate the financial recovery process.

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PPE

Get Us PPE

https://getusppe.org

This national resouce helps connect healthcare providers with those who make or distribute critical Personal Protective Equipment.

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Contact Tracing

Making Contact: A Training for COVID-19 Contact Tracers

https://learn.astho.org

This is an introductory online course for entry-level COVID-19 contact tracers, for use by health agencies in rapid training of new contact tracers. The training will be augmented by state/local specific training required to orient individuals to jurisdiction-specific protocols. This training focuses on building knowledge for remote contact tracing; a subsequent release will include a module on field services.

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Visualizing the impact of policies on COVID response

The COVID Analysis and Mapping of Policies (AMP) visualization tool is a comprehensive database of policies and plans to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Decision-makers can use COVID AMP’s user-friendly interface to easily identify effective policies and plans to reduce the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.