Direct Relief continues to coordinate with public health authorities in the U.S. and around the world to provide personal protective equipment to health care workers in regions where there are confirmed cases of COVID-19, as well as provide medications for people at-risk to develop severe symptoms.
As case totals continue to grow, Direct Relief’s activities are focused on four key areas:
- Providing personal protective equipment (PPE) to safeguard health workers
- Deploying medication needed for intensive care units to expand the capacity to care for ICU patients
- Boosting support to safety-net facilities to address existing chronic gaps that are likely to grow
- Collaborating with infectious disease epidemiologists, technology companies and public agencies to use aggregated mobility data to support the COVID-19 response.
