Coronavirus Response Articles & Analysis
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While the world is rightly focused on the limiting the transmission of the Covid-19 virus and treatment of the inflicted, consideration must also be made to overwhelming the mortuary industry capacity. Lack of adequate capacity for safe and respectful storage of human remains could result in further transmission of the virus during the grieving process. Guild Associates’ experience ...
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting the extension of existing flexibilities for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) through September 30, 2020, as authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. “We appreciate the Department’s actions to utilize administrative authorities as well as to ...
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue to distribute direct assistance to agricultural producers affected by the COVID-19 emergency. The Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) will distribute direct payments totaling $16 billion to assist producers of beef, pork, dairy, row crops, produce, and other producers whose markets have been disrupted or lost due to ...