Infographic: COVID-19 Response

Key points

ATSDR played an essential role in the COVID-19 response, working with CDC to protect our nation’s health and ensure that state and local public health partners and tribal nations have the resources, guidance, and scientific expertise to respond.

People standing in a socially-distanced line with masks on, being greeted by medical professionals in masks and white coats.

ATSDR Staff COVID-19 Deployments

In 2020, to support the response, ATSDR staff engaged in over 200 deployments to 20 states, territories, and tribal communities.

Locations

Map of the U.S. and Territories with associated markers for locations that ATSDR staff provided critical assistance.
ATSDR staff deployed across U.S. and U.S. territories.
Anchorage, AK
Honolulu, HI
Atlanta, GA
Los Angeles, CA
Baton Rouge, LA
Montgomery, GA
Bismarck, ND
New York, NY
Boston, MA
Omaha, NE
Christiansted, St. Croix, USVI
Oshkosh, WI
Crow National, MT
San Francisco, CA
Dallas, TX
San Juan, PR
Dickenson, ND
Seattle, WA
Guymon, OK
St. Louis, MO
Washington, D.C.
Denver, CO

Sharing Expertise

ATSDR staff shared their expertise to support a wide range of activities:

  • Epidemiology and surveillance
  • Worker health and safety
  • Infection control
  • Response leadership
  • Health communication and community outreach
  • Vaccination coordination
  • Medical investigations
  • Clinician support to deploying staff
  • Data analytics and modeling
  • Maritime support
  • Tribal support
  • International Task Force support

Supporting a Range of Activities

ATSDR staff provided support at a wide range of locations:

  • Local and state health departments and laboratories
  • COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites
  • Quarantine stations and COVID-19 screening sites at airports
  • CDC's Emergency Operations Center
  • CDC's Occupational Health Clinic
  • Pork processing plants
Landscape featuring various locations, buildings, and geographical features.

Funding for the COVID-19 Response

ATSDR awarded $12.5M in COVID-19 supplemental funding. This supported state, local, and emergency response efforts, including

  • Safe cleaning and disinfection in schools and early care and education programs
  • Geospatial data and analysis work such as the COVID-19 Data Tracker
$12,500,000. Key showing a dollar bill.
$12.5M in COVID-19 supplemental funding was awarded.

All of these roles were important

This support helped

  • Determine rate and spread of disease
  • Investigate outbreaks and control spread of disease
  • Support vaccine coordination and distribution
  • Support ATSDR/CDC staff well-being in the field
  • Identify areas at greater risk of infection
  • Build response capacity at the local, state, territorial, and tribal level
  • Support safe maritime operations
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Content Source:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.