Friday, January 29, 2021
Introduction: A National Strategy
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. was inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States on Jan. 20, 2021. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact nearly every aspect of American life, President Biden has prioritized development of a comprehensive and effective COVID-19 response and pandemic preparedness plan. On his first full day in office, the President released the “National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness.”
[1] This plan provides, among other things, guidelines and implementation strategies for launching a nationwide vaccination campaign and mitigating the spread of COVID-19, with a goal of safely reopening businesses and schools across the country.
Eagle Pass is one of three cities receiving assistance from the military.
Credit: (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Doug Halleaux)
.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Madeleine Still, a registered nurse with the COVID Theater Hospital -1, Travis Air Force Base, California, and an Adventist Health Center Lodi Memorial Hospital registered nurse work together to care for a COVID-19 patient at Lodi, California, July 16, 2020. Medical personnel from the CTH-1 integrated into local civilian hospitals, supporting these communities as part of the COVID-19 response. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible Department of Defense support to states in need as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency in support of the whole-of-nation COVID-19 response.
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Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz made an appearance Thursday before a legislative committee to discuss Florida s vaccination strategy.
Moskowitz, a former Democratic state lawmaker, also told a state Senate committee that President Joe Biden “has inherited a mess” regarding the vaccine.
Florida’s program to vaccinate residents of long-term care facilities is complete, freeing up resources for the state’s broader inoculation strategy against the coronavirus.
Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz made an appearance Thursday before the state Senate Select Committee on Pandemic Preparedness and Response to discuss Florida s vaccination strategy.
Moskowitz told lawmakers that as of Thursday, all residents and employees at more than 3,000 assisted living facilities and 4,000 nursing homes across the state have been offered the vaccine, even if the state could not compel everyone in such facilities to get shots.
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According to a press release from CHI St. Luke s Health Memorial in Lufkin, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has requested that approximately 80 military medical personnel from across the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force, will be deployed or have been deployed to Texas as part of a Department of Defense COVID-19 response operation. U.S. Army North, the Joint Force Land Component Command of U.S Northern Command, will oversee the military COVID-19 response in support of federal efforts and the state.
“This is the fourth time Department of Defense medical assets have deployed to support our home state,” said Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson, ARNORTH and JFLCC commander. “While COVID-19 continues to challenge communities here and across the U.S., we remain steadfast in our support of our local, state and federal partners.”