City & State

Summary

This section summarizes cities' and states' frontline roles in protecting the health of their communities and respective citizens during the ongoing pandemic. This section highlights key findings and recommendations for the collaboration of all state governments to work with local industry and healthcare systems to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on the economy and population health.

The goal of this sector is to outline city and state government leadership and duties to protect their states' populations, coordinate resource delivery across state government and organizations, ensure access to various avenues of testing, and guidelines on how to emerge from state lockdowns.

Recommendations

• Strong leadership and communication from state government and local officials to inspire confidence and reduce hysteria from the public.
• Effective coordination and delivery of resources between states, local industry, and healthcare systems to reduce further hospital resource depletion, economic, and population health impact.
• Careful coordination and availability of testing and social services through multiple avenues for all, but specifically vulnerable populations.
• Establishing meaningful steps to successfully emerge from state lockdowns with interstate partnerships.

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