Health experts have said that governors' actions, such as shutting down business and calling for self-isolation, have proved crucial at helping contain the outbreak.
"Part of the reason the states and local governors have taken action is because of the recommendations from the federal government have changed rapidly," he said."They are doing the best job they can, and I think we will see the action they are taking will lead to rapid decreases in the number of cases."
Medical assistant Miriam Fuentes gives a patient instructions via at a drive-through COVID-19 coronavirus testing station for University of Washington Medicine patients, March 17, 2020, in Seattle. The appointment-only drive-through clinic began a day earlier. "Governors hear directly from health care providers, the local business community, school leaders and citizens at large," she said in an email."They are deeply attuned to local and statewide impacts."
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