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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Decontamination of SARS-CoV-2 on filtering face piece respirators with VPHP

During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, N95 filtering face piece respirators (FFRs) were in short supply or not available. As a result, decontamination for reuse was authorized to deal with the temporary shortages under Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 

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COVID-19 Meeting Guidance

COVID-19 meeting guidance is attached.

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National Interest Exception from Presidential Proclamation 10294

On October 25, 2021, President Biden issued Presidential Proclamation 10294, entitled "Advancing the Safe Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic," which suspends and limits the entry into the United States of non-citizens by air travel who are nonimmigrants ("noncitizen nonimmigrants") and who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Presidential Proclamation 10294 contains specified exceptions, including a specific exception for noncitizen nonimmigrants "whose entry would be in the national interest," and entrusts the Secretary of Homeland Security (along with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Transportation) to make this determination.

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Day 4 | COVID-19 Response and Future Mitigation

Dr. Pritesh Gandhi, DHS Chief Medical Officer provided a keynote, and four SVIP startups demonstrated their technologies, followed by a Global Perspectives on Pandemic Future Proofing panel discussion. 

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COVID-19 Update 18 – Keeping in Touch

It has been quite some time since I have written to you about COVID. Like you, I was truly hoping that I would not be writing to you about COVID, wearing masks, or getting vaccinated, hoping instead to be enjoying the rest of the summer with the virus in my rear-view mirror. And while life doesn’t always turn out the way we plan, hope, or expect, there’s one thing I have learned about DHS this past year; that is—each of us, when we pull our collective spirit together—we not only survive, we thrive.

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The CIS Ombudsman's Webinar Series: 2021 Annual Report

July 14, 2021, the Office of the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman hosted a webinar highlighting its 2021 Annual Report to Congress.

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Emerging Need: COVID-19 Response and Future Mitigation

High-level description of SVIP active projects for the Emerging Need: COVID-19 Reseponse and Future Mitigation topic.

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Respiratory Immunizations and Treatments

Employees are strongly encouraged to stay up to date with vaccines/immunizations. Immunizations and treatment are core prevention strategies to lower your risk of respiratory viruses.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Finder

On January 21, 2021, President Biden released the National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness, which outlined a new plan to administer COVID-19 vaccinations across the United States to protect workers while safely reopening schools, businesses, and resuming travel. This comprehensive plan begins with restoring public trust and mounting an aggressive, safe, equitable, and effective vaccination campaign.

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Environmental Assessment of Proposed NYC Simulant Particle Releases for the Viral Phenomenology Program

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) plans to conduct a scientific study on aerosol behavior in New York City buses and subway trains. A special focus of the study will be tests of various methods to mitigate the potential spread of aerosols in buses and subway trains.