Community Mitigation Resources

These ASTHO-produced resources were created to assist members in establishing and maintaining community mitigation practices. Documents include topics on restaurant closures, school closures, limits on mass gatherings, and maps to show mitigation practices across the country.

Guidance Documents

Intervention Actions

• COVID-19 Intervention Actions: Restaurant Restrictions (updated Mar. 19, 2020)

COVID-19 Response Hub

ASTHO's COVID-19 response hub features ASTHO's States and Territories in Action: COVID-19 Social Distancing Mandates Map, which contains restaurants and bar restrictions, essential and non-essential business designations, travel and quarantine orders, and stay at home orders and advisories.

Blog Posts

• Congress Convenes Sectors on School Reopenings (Aug. 6, 2020)
• Getting Ahead of the COVID-19 Vaccine (July 14, 2020)
• Rundown of State and Territorial COVID-19 Mask Requirements (July 9, 2020)
• A New Normal for Public Health Agencies (May 19, 2020)
• What is Needed for Community Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 17, 2020)
• COVID-19: One Step Ahead (Apr. 3, 2020)
• Social Distancing: How States are Handling Business Closures (Mar. 25, 2020)
• Don't Stand So Close to Me (Mar. 19, 2020)

#MaskUp Campaign

Watch and share a public service announcement produced by ASTHO and the Big Cities Health Coalition encouraging people across the country to #MaskUp as an expression of their compassion for others.