COVID-19 California: State of Preparedness
From the Governor's Office of Emergency Services
Given our connectedness to rest of the world and our sheer size,
we have always understood that a fast-spreading and novel
infectious disease could show up here first, in California,
before anywhere else in the country.
In recent years we have had a plan for a flu-like pandemic – one
that has built on our knowledge and experience with previous
flu-strains and infectious diseases.
Our public health infrastructure and our expertise is second to
none. We have been preparing for this particular virus since it
was discovered last year, and we have been in deep and daily
coordination with the CDC, local government and our health system
as it spread.
We’re perhaps the most prepared state in the country for tackling
this threat. That is why the federal government chose California
as the destination for six repatriation flights of U.S. Citizens
from China and the Diamond Princess cruise ships.
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COVID-19, CLICK
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