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Florida’s Response to
Emerging Infectious Disease
FloridaHealth.gov • Florida Department of Health • #FLHealthFacts
STATE-LEVEL ACTIONS
Case in the U.S., Single Case Multiple Cases Multiple Cases Widespread Cases
Not in Florida in Florida in a Single in Multiple in Florida
Florida County Florida Counties
Provide messages Activate State Continue activation of
emphasizing infection Emergency Response Continue activation Activate State State Emergency
control practices. Team, Level 2. of State Emergency Emergency Response Response Team,
Response Team, Team, Level 1. Level 1.
Implement enhanced Deploy disease Level 2, including law
disease surveillance. control expertise. enforcement, mass Declare State Public Continue State Public
care, fire and EMS. Health Emergency. Health Emergency.
Develop risk Announce case and
communication implement risk Support of ESF 8 Deploy State Medical Consider declaring
strategies. communication and ESF 14 by Response Teams and State of Emergency.
strategies. DOH Office of other resources.
Conduct daily calls Communications. Consider requesting
with local health Consider declaring Consider declaring Federal Disaster
departments. local public health Consider declaring State of Emergency. Declaration.
emergency. State Public Health
Consider activating Emergency.
Joint Information
Center.
LOCAL-LEVEL ACTIONS
Monitor situation. Activate County Continue activation of County Emergency Operations Center.
Emergency
Disseminate Operations Center. Assess health care system capacity.
information to health
care partners. Conduct contact Continue contact tracing.
tracing.
Focus on disease Establish alternate care sites.
surveillance. Ensure isolation and
quarantine. Consider activation of local continuity of operations plans.
Implement social Request additional resources for personnel personal protective
distancing. equipment and supplies.
Local county contact information can be found at FloridaHealth.gov.
10/15/14