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Key Points
Updated: June 08, 2020
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World Food Safety Day 2020 was yesterday, Sunday, June 07, 2020. Read more for Dr. Acheson’s message for World Food Safety Day 2020.
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This week we will focus on Travel Considerations as it pertains to COVID-19 recovery.
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COVID-19 has changed U.S. passport renewal, if you are considering international travel soon, read here for more details on what has changed.
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The FDA has updated its FDA COVID-19 Response At-A-Glance Summary with new information on FDA’s responses to COVID-19.
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The FDA is changing the hours for the COVID-19 Industry Hotline (1-888-INFO-FDA, press *). To best meet current needs, the Hotline operate from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. For urgent inquiries, the FDA Emergency Line (1-866-300-4374) remains available after-hours.
Recommendations for Industry
Travel Considerations.
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With much of the U.S. in the process of reopening, TAG has received many questions about establishing criteria for business and personal travel. This week, we will be addressing considerations for travel, such as: Should non-essential travel be authorized? Where and how should travel should be conducted? What should be considered prior to, during, and after travel? In today’s article, we focus on the traveler’s personal health and destination.
Because outbreak conditions will change on an ongoing basis, a travel risk-assessment should be conducted for each employee and each trip – for both business and personal travel. Some questions to ask about the risk-assessment might include:
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What is the employee’s health status? If the employee is symptomatic or a close contact with a positive or suspected COVID-19 case, they should not travel at all. Additionally, anyone with underlying health conditions should be advised to not travel as this could put them at higher risk.
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If the intended travel is within the U.S.: Check current local, state, or provincial requirements of both departure and arrival locations
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If the area is considered high-risk, travel should be postponed, both for the employee’s health and because some jurisdictions require people returning from high-risk areas to self-quarantine.
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If the intended travel is international:
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Prior to any international travel, the U.S. Department of State travel page should be consulted.
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Currently, the U.S. remains under the Level 4:Do Not Travel Global Health Advisory issued March 31.
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Anyone wishing to travel internationally in the coming months will also need to check their passport status. On June 2, the department issued an Update on U.S. Passport Operations stating that it had significantly reduced passport operations in March and will be gradually reopening in three phases over the summer.
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If you have any questions about an intended travel destination, domestic or foreign, contact TAG. We have continued assessing location risk and can provide recommendations.
Outbreak Updates
As of June 08, 2020 (12:44 ET), there are over 7,053,000 cases (>409,000 deaths) worldwide.
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Due to the increasing number of cases in the United States, TAG will move from reporting counts per country to focus on the United States, please see here for the data. For further information regarding worldwide numbers, please refer to John Hopkin University’s aggregate map.
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