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==United States==
==United States==
[[File:Projected deaths.PNG |right|350px|thumb|Projected deaths. ''Source:'' www.healthdata.org/<ref>http://www.healthdata.org/sites/default/files/files/research_articles/2020/COVID-forecasting-03252020_4.pdf</ref>]]
[[File:Projected deaths.PNG |right|350px|thumb|Projected deaths. ''Source:'' www.healthdata.org/<ref>http://www.healthdata.org/sites/default/files/files/research_articles/2020/COVID-forecasting-03252020_4.pdf</ref>]]
Incidents and outbreaks are expected to occur in the United States throughout 2020 and into 2021. Due to [[globalization]] and globalized supply chains, shortages of crucial medicines, medical devices and equipment were already occurring in the first month of the reported outbreak. Social isolation is the only known method of combating the spread of infection. Persons with weakened immune systems are particularly susceptible. Frequent handwashing is recommended. The first known death in America was recorded on February 29, 2020.
Incidents and outbreaks are expected to occur in the United States throughout 2020 and into 2021. Due to [[globalization]] and globalized supply chains, shortages of crucial medicines, medical devices and equipment were already occurring in the first month of the reported outbreak. Social isolation is the only known method of combating the spread of infection. Persons with weakened immune systems are particularly susceptible. Frequent handwashing is recommended. The first known death in America was recorded on February 29, 2020.
===Local community reactions===
===Local community reactions===
As of February 13, 2020, the United States was reported to have quarantined 350 evacuees in [[California]]. The [[Pentagon]] is said to have received a request from the [[Department of Health and Human Services]] to prepare to house 1,000 people for monitoring and testing. 11 airbases have been designated to receive persons. 15 case were reported to be confirmed. Over 400 (Persons Under Investigation or PUI) have been tested who may have come in contact with the virus since January 21, 2020. 81 cases pending results.<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-in-us.html</ref>
The City of Costa Mesa, [[California]] filed a lawsuit in the Central District of California. Defendants include the United States of America, the Department of Health and Human Services, the United States Department of Defense, the United States Air Force, Centers for Disease Control, the state of California Fairview Developmental Center, the California Governor's Office Emergency Services, and the California Department of General Services. The City of Costa Mesa sought to temporarily restrain defendants and their agents, servants, employees, attorneys and all those in active concert from transporting persons infected with or exposed to the corona virus to any place within Costa Mesa until an adequate site survey has been conducted. The petition reads
The City of Costa Mesa, [[California]] filed a lawsuit in the Central District of California. Defendants include the United States of America, the Department of Health and Human Services, the United States Department of Defense, the United States Air Force, Centers for Disease Control, the state of California Fairview Developmental Center, the California Governor's Office Emergency Services, and the California Department of General Services. The City of Costa Mesa sought to temporarily restrain defendants and their agents, servants, employees, attorneys and all those in active concert from transporting persons infected with or exposed to the corona virus to any place within Costa Mesa until an adequate site survey has been conducted. The petition reads
{{quotebox|This highly communicable and deadly disease has no known vaccination or cure and has killed thousands. Its scope appears to be growing worldwide at an alarming rate. US public health officials have sounded the alarm over a potential global pandemic. The plaintiffs now seek to prevent Costa Mesa from becoming ground zero to a state and potentially nationwide public health crisis caused because the state and federal governments have not sought to include local officials and emergency personnel in the planning and execution of their efforts.
{{quotebox|This highly communicable and deadly disease has no known vaccination or cure and has killed thousands. Its scope appears to be growing worldwide at an alarming rate. US public health officials have sounded the alarm over a potential global pandemic. The plaintiffs now seek to prevent Costa Mesa from becoming ground zero to a state and potentially nationwide public health crisis caused because the state and federal governments have not sought to include local officials and emergency personnel in the planning and execution of their efforts.