COVID-19 Pandemic The year 2020 will be remembered as a time of unprecedented challenges and changes for FDOH-Escambia. We faced an unimaginable threat, as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) dominated the year 2020. Words like quarantine, PPE, social distancing, and masking became words of everyday conversation. The impact of COVID-19 has demonstrated FDOH-Escambia’s continued commitment to public health. FDOH-Escambia staff have had and continue to have an important role in keeping the public safe and healthy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a look at how the pandemic progressed and how FDOH-Escambia responded to COVID-19 in our community.
DOH Declaration of Public Health Emergency as Virus Reaches Florida
WHO Issues Global Health Emergency
WHO Announces Mysterious Coronavirus-Related Pneumonia in Wuhan, China
January 2020
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The Florida Department of Health announced there were two presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 in Florida.
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CDC Confirms First US Coronavirus Case
February
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US Declares Public Health Emergency
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First Press Conference in Escambia County and COVID Information Line Established by FDOH Baptist Health Care hosted a press conference related to the first case in Escambia County, Florida. Dr. Lanza participated and provided disease surveillance and contact tracing plans.
2020 Year in Review
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PICTURED ABOVE: Dr. John Lanza participated in Baptist Health Care’s press conference related to COVID-19 on March 5, 2020.
