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Government Executive email Three challenges stand out as testing our nation’s ability to counter emerging biological threats. Sezin A. Palmer | By Sezin A. Palmer The past year has been both a devastating and illuminating experience for those responsible for protecting the United States from biological threats. With its significant toll on millions of lives, the national and global economy and national security, COVID-19 has been a wake-up call to how fragile our systems are and has tested our national response teams with its historic challenges. The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory was called to the national response in the early weeks of COVID-19, collaborating with our university partners on the newly created Johns Hopkins Covid Dashboard, which emerged as the global tool for maintaining situational awareness. Our government sponsors then invited us to support FEMA’s National Response Coordinati ....
India: EU Civil Protection Mechanism continues to coordinate emergency supplies Format The EU Civil Protection Mechanism continues to coordinate additional EU assistance to India, which is facing a tremendous increase in COVID-19 cases. Last week, the European Union announced the offers of support made by Ireland, Belgium, Romania, Luxembourg, Portugal, Sweden, France, Italy, Austria and Finland with other Member States pooling resources of urgently needed medical supplies for India. Additional emergency support packages from Czechia, Denmark, Spain, the Netherlands and Germany via the EU Mechanism have since been offered to India. This includes support from: Czechia: 500 oxygen cylinders Netherlands: 100 oxygen concentrators, 30,000 vials of antiviral drugs, Remdesivir, and 449 ventilators ....
EU aid to SVG Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has been visiting Emergency Shelters with the intention of getting a first-hand impression of their operation. The European Union (EU) has mobilized €740,000 (US$894.107) in emergency humanitarian aid to support those affected by the extremely damaging consequences of the La Soufrière volcano´s protracted eruption, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The emergency funding will be managed by the EU humanitarian aid department and implemented by humanitarian partners already active in the area. It will prioritize interventions to guarantee immediate access to water, sanitation, hygiene, healthcare and distributions of non-food items, in addition to the protection of the most vulnerable. ....
FEMA’s tasks pit COVID-19 vaccinations against hurricane preparations With about 5 weeks to prepare for hurricane season, the federal emergency response agency is currently responding to 118 major disasters across the country, 59 stemming from COVID-19. By Emily KoppCQ-Roll Call (Tribune News Service) Read Article Leanne Montenegro, 21, covers her eyes because she doesn t like the sight of needles, while she receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a FEMA vaccination center at Miami Dade College this month in Miami. FEMA has repeatedly reached out to other federal agencies for volunteers to help with the mass vaccination centers. Lynne Sladky/Associated Press Staffing at the Federal Emergency Management Agency is at critical lows as the agency has been fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, which experts say is setting back preparations for hurricanes. ....