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Timeline of COVID-19 Policy Actions in the United States Time dates All during time policy link code A01 19- Department of New York State Department of https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo- 25/1 Health issues clinical guidance Health issues clinical guidance outlines-state-response-first-two-confirmed-cases- for Healthcare Providers across for Healthcare Providers across novel-coronavirus-united the state the state A02 26/1- President forms a coronavirus President forms a coronavirus https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/480627-white- 1/2 task force, headed by Health task force, headed by Health house-announces-task-force-to-monitor-coronavirus and Human Services (HHS) and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar; Secretary Alex Azar Azar declares the coronavirus a Azar declares the coronavirus a https://www.npr.org/sections/health- public health emergency; public health emergency shots/2020/01/31/801686524/trump-declares- Federal restriction on travel coronavirus-a-public-health-emergency-and-restricts- from China into the United travel-from-c States; Federal restriction on travel https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/business/china- from China into the United travel-coronavirus.html States A03 2-8/2 A04 9-16/2 A05 16- 22/2 A06 23- Federal travel ban from Federal travel ban from Iran https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/29/world/coronavi 29/2 and a "do not travel" warning and a "do not travel" warning rus-news.html#link-63f783d3 for areas in Italy and South for areas in Italy and South Korea Korea Vice President Pence is tasked Vice President Pence is tasked https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/484858-trump- with leading the federal with leading the federal names-pence-to-lead-coronavirus-response response to the coronavirus response to the coronavirus State Governor Washington State Governor https://www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/inslee- Declares State of Emergency. Declares State of Emergency. issues-covid-19-emergency-proclamation A07 1-3/3 The Centers for Disease The Centers for Disease https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/03/world/coronavi Control and Prevention lifted Control and Prevention lifted rus-live-news-updates.html#link-79b1dbc8 restrictions on testing for the restrictions on testing for the coronavirus coronavirus A08 4-6/3 declares State of California declares State of https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/03/04/governor- Emergency; Emergency newsom-declares-state-of-emergency-to-help-state- Los Angeles County declares a prepare-for-broader-spread-of-covid-19/ public state of emergency; An $8.3 billion coronavirus https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/06/trump-signs- an $8.3 billion coronavirus package is passed by Congress 8point3-billion-emergency-coronavirus-spending- package is passed by Congress and signed by President package.html and signed by President Los Angeles County declared a http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/phcommon/pub public state of emergency. lic/media/mediapubhpdetail.cfm?prid=2248 A09 7-9/3 New York State - Declares New York State - Declares https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo- State of Emergency in Order to State of Emergency in Order to confirms-13-additional-coronaviruses-cases-new-york- Expedite Procurement of Expedite Procurement of state-bringing-statewide Cleaning Supplies and Testing Cleaning Supplies and Testing Equipment Equipment

A10 10- New York State closes schools, New York State closes schools, https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo- 12/3 houses of worship and large houses of worship and large accepts-recommendation-state-health-commissioner- gathering facilities in New gathering facilities in New new-emergency-measures-contain Rochelle, NY; Rochelle, NY; NY State deploys National NY State deploys National Guard to State Health Guard to State Health Department Command Post in Department Command Post in New Rochelle, NY for New Rochelle, NY for community support efforts; community support efforts; NY State partners with NY State partners with Northwell health to set up Northwell health to set up Satellite Testing Facility in New Satellite Testing Facility in New Rochelle, NY Rochelle, NY New York City) declares a state https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/138- of emergency. 20/-de-blasio-issues-state-emergency NY State moves State Houston, TX declares a local https://houstontx.gov/mayor/press/2020/public- Universities to distance health emergency health-emergency-declared-covid-19.html learning NY State moves State https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/during-novel- A federal travel ban from Universities to distance coronavirus-briefing-governor-cuomo-announces-new- European Union countries; learning york-state-will-contract-28 Houston, TX declares a local A federal travel ban from https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/politics/donald- health emergency European Union countries trump-coronavirus-europe-travel/index.html New York City) declares a state Dallas County, TX declares a https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public- of emergency; local for public health health/2020/03/13/dallas-county-declares-state-of- Dallas County, TX declares a emergency emergency-after-confirming-5-more-cases-of- local disaster for public health coronavirus/ emergency; A11 13- President declares a national President declares a national https://www.npr.org/2020/03/13/815420295/trump- 15/3 emergency freeing up nearly emergency freeing up nearly to-discuss-coronavirus-amid-growing-crisis-scrutiny-of- $50 billion in disaster funds to $50 billion in disaster funds to his-response address the virus address the virus Federal emergency order to Los Angeles closes dining and https://ktla.com/news/local-news/l-a-county-officials- waive applicable rules and recreational venues provide-update-on-coronavirus/ regulations for healthcare NY City closes schools https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/nyregion/nyc- providers schools-closed.html NY State bans events with over CDC issues guidance https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019- 500 people recommending no events of 50 ncov/community/large-events/mass-gatherings-ready- A federal travel ban from the or more for-covid-19.html UK and Ireland; Washington State closes all https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/inslee- Washington State closes all schools, bans gatherings of announces-all-washington-k-12-schools-to-close-in-an- schools, bans gatherings of over 250 effort-to-slow-the-spread-of-coronavirus/ over 250; Federal emergency order to https://www.phe.gov/emergency/news/healthactions/ CDC issues guidance waive applicable rules and section1135/Pages/covid19-13March20.aspx recommending no events of 50 regulations for healthcare or more; providers NY City closes schools; NY State bans events with over https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health- Los Angeles closes dining and 500 people coronavirus-usa-new-york/new-york-state-bans- recreational venues gatherings-exceeding-500-people-on-coronavirus-fears- idUSKBN20Z37G A federal travel ban from the https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/14/white- UK and Ireland house-adds-uk-ireland-to-travel-ban-129470 A12 16- National guidelines to avoid National guidelines to avoid https://www.counton2.com/health/coronavirus/presid 18/3 restaurants and bars, limit restaurants and bars, limit ent-trump-issues-new-recommendations-including- gatherings to 10 or fewer gatherings to 10 or fewer limiting-gatherings-to-less-than-10-people/ people, and work and engage people, and work and engage in schooling from home when in schooling from home when possible possible NY State closes schools NY State closes schools https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo- NY, NJ, CT, AS close dining, signs-executive-order-closing-schools-statewide-two- drinking, and entertainment weeks business for on-premises NY, NJ, CT, AS close dining, https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/audio-rush- US and Canada close the drinking, and entertainment transcript-amid-lack-federal-direction-governor-cuomo- border business for on-premises governor-murphy-and-governor California enacts emergency US and Canada close the https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/18/ legislation to fight COVID-19 border coronavirus-latest- Congress passes President news/?utm_campaign=wp_the_daily_202&utm_mediu signs a coronavirus relief m=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_daily202 which includes free COVID-19 #link-J6GAMON3JZFZNIJ3MQNIPUTY24 testing and paid medical and California enacts emergency https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/03/17/governor- family leave legislation to fight COVID-19 newsom-signs-emergency-legislation-to-fight-covid-19/ Congress passes President https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house- signs a coronavirus relief bill bill/6201 which includes free COVID-19 testing and paid medical and family leave A13 19- NY State closes non-essential NY State closes non-essential https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo- 21/3 businesses except for work- businesses except for work- issues-guidance-essential-services-under-new-york- from-home from-home state-pause-executive-order US and close the US and Mexico close the https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/20/us- border border mexico-ready-to-partially-close-border-138946 A14 22- FEMA authorized to fund the FEMA authorized to fund the https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/22/politics/trump- 24/3 activation of U.S. National activation of U.S. National coronavirus-task-force-briefing/index.html Guard units in California, New Guard units in California, New York, and Washington York, and Washington FEMA invokes the Defense FEMA invokes the Defense https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/489200-fema- Production Act to acquire Production Act to acquire chief-says-defense-production-act-will-be-used-for- coronavirus testing kits coronavirus testing kits coronavirus-test-kits Federal major disaster Federal major disaster https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings- declaration for California. declaration for California. statements/president-donald-j-trump-approves- Washington State issues self- california-disaster-declaration-7/ isolation requirement Washington State issues self- https://www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/stay-home- isolation requirement stay-healthy-address-transcript A15 25- The Defense Production Act the Defense Production Act https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/489909- 27/3 invoked to produce ventilators; invoked to produce ventilators trump-uses-defense-production-act-to-require-gm-to- Stay at home orders (or similar make-ventilators policies) in States: , Washington State, , California, , , Illinois, , Indiana, , , New York, West , Delaware, Stay at home orders (or similar https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/here- , Connecticut, policies) in States: Minnesota, are-stay-home-orders-across-country-n1168736 Rhode Island, , Washington State, Oregon, Vermont California, New Mexico, Federal major disaster Wisconsin, Illinois, Louisiana, declarations for , Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, New Louisiana, New York, and York, West Virginia, Delaware, . New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Federal major disaster https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health- declarations for Florida, Iowa, news/blog/2020-03-25-coronavirus-news- Louisiana, New York, and n1168156/ncrd1169071#blogHeader Texas. A16 28- Federal major disaster Federal major disaster https://www.denverpost.com/2020/03/28/coronavirus 30/3 declaration for declaration for Colorado -colorado-trump-disaster-congress/ CDC Strong Travel Advisory, to CDC Strong Travel Advisory, to be administered by the be administered by the Governors, for NY, CT, and NJ Governors, for NY, CT, and NJ A17 31/3- 30 Days to Slow the Spread - https://www.npr.org/2020/03/30/822448199/how-15- 2/4 President issues guidelines for days-became-45-trump-extends-guidelines-to-slow- America coronavirus