COVID Chronicle

MAY 2020

JUN 2020

JUL 2020

AUG 2020

SEP 2020 AND BEYOND

Something’s Happening Here In mid-January Northern Light Health Supply Chain noted information about COVID-19 overseas and the effect it was having on supplies. On January 24, our primary supplier Owens and Minor began hearing that allocations would begin on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to protect against inventory hoarding. This news came while we were managing a product shortage due to a recall by Cardinal Health. We continued our sourcing efforts to include PPE manufactured in China but were either locked in China or en route, but in limited supply. The early warning served us well as the conversation turned to an escalated national concern around COVID-19.

Coming to America There is much debate about exactly when COVID-19 reached the United States. Respiratory illnesses on the West Coast in December and January may be early cases but COVID-19’s presence was not officially recorded here until January. It is widely believed the virus first emerged in Wuhan in December when a series of people developed symptoms of a viral pneumonia. An examination found they had been infected with a new coronavirus.

Maine announces the state’s first confirmed case of the coronavirus. •

The World Health Organization (WHO) characterizes the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic known to be caused by a new coronavirus.

Northern Light Health member organization incident commands are requested to activate. •

Northern Light Health stands up its system incident command. •

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