s well. Its debut video with comedian W. Kamau Bell generated over 100,000 Twitter views in its first 24 hours; and features Black doctors, nurses and researchers dispelling misinformation and offering accessible facts about COVID-19 vaccines.
Department of Education Releases Resource to Help Schools Improve Ventilation Systems to Prevent COVID-19: Outlines how American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds can be used to improve indoor air quality to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and provide healthy learning environments. This resource is part of the Department of Education's broader efforts to support schools as they prepare to welcome students back to in-person learning this fall and build back better.
Getting Schools Ready for In-Person Learning: How to Plan and Execute a COVID-19 Mitigation Walkthrough: Presents a step-by-step guide to plan and execute a COVID-19 mitigation walkthrough, ensuring that school or district administrators are prepared to resume in-person learning at school buildings or campuses. Additional CDC guidance and tools are available on the Schools and Child Care Programs webpage.
Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfecting Public Spaces, Workplaces, Businesses, Schools, and Homes: Presents guidance jointly developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about appropriate methods to ensure safe, clean and sanitary environments including schools, homes and businesses.
Cleaning and Disinfecting - Best Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Presents clear and simple guidelines from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, April 2021) based on the CDC’s new (4/5/21) science brief, SARS-CoV-2 and Surface (Fomite) Transmission for Indoor Community Environments.
Indoor Air and Coronavirus (COVID-19): Discusses growing evidence that the COVID-19 virus can remain airborne for longer times and further distances than originally thought, and therefore the possibility that spread of COVID-19 may occur via airborne particles in indoor environments. This US Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] website introduces steps that can be taken to reduce potential airborne transmission related to the layout and design of buildings, occupancy, and types of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. EPA recommends increasing ventilation with outdoor air and air filtration to supplement social distancing, wearing cloth face coverings or masks, surface cleaning and disinfecting, handwashing, and other precautions. A related page of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) is also provided.
How to Clean and Disinfect Schools to Help Slow the Spread of the Flu (Spanish language version): Shares specific guidance from the CDC for cleaning and disinfecting as part of a broad approach to preventing spread of infectious diseases in school.
6 Steps for Safe and Effective Disinfectant Use: Provides a one-page poster from the EPA to guide schools’ use of disinfectants to ensure a healthy indoor environment for students, teachers, custodians, and staff.
Best Safety and Hygiene Practices for Public Workspaces in the COVID-19 Environment: Explores the challenges of operating workplaces with a public interaction component in the COVID-19 environment. This 1-hour webinar recording (6/23/20), sharing specific, practical guidance, was produced by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine [NASEM], and features the Federal Facilities Council, a cooperative association of more than 20 federal agencies committed to identifying and advancing technologies, processes and practices that improve the management, operations and evaluation of federal facilities. Dr. Nancy Burton from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health discusses how to physically prepare facilities (including school campuses) for reopening and operations; and Ms. Robin Coyne, CIH from Spike Occupational Health & Safety, LLC discusses practical considerations that will arise when the public begins entering a facility.
List N: Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-02 (COVID-19): 