Variability in State Regulations Pertaining to Infection Control and Pandemic Response in US Assisted Living Communities

At the end of 2019, international attention was drawn to an outbreak of zoonotic coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, formally named COVID-19, in Wuhan, China.1 The World Health Organization officially declared the outbreak a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, with the United States recording>1600 confirmed and presumptive travel-related and community-acquired cases at that time.1,2 As of April 10, 2020, all 50 US states and the District of Columbia, have reported cases, with the total number of US cases now totaling>400,000.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - April 23, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Taylor Bucy, Lindsey Smith, Paula Carder, Jaclyn Winfree, Kali Thomas Tags: Research Letter Source Type: research