Your Community Resource for What's Happening in Healthcare SUMMER 2020 Medical record BERKS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY August-November 2019: Beginning of COVID-19 December 2019: The first public message in the pandemic by Wuhan Municipal Health Commission January 2020: U.S. State Department issues travel advisory as "Level 4: Do Not Travel to China" February 2020: U.S. confirmed its first death, a man from Washington near the Seattle area March 2020: U.S. reported second confirmed death in Washington state and first cases in Rhode Island, Florida, and New York April 2020: Governor Wolf laid out a plan to provide relief for Pennsylvanians (Phase 1), gradually reopen the state (Phase 2), and recover from this situation (Phase 3) May 2020: U.S. has reported 100,000 deaths as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic with 29,000 recorded in New York state Coronavirus Chronicles: Berks Responds June 2020: PA's Secretary of Health, Dr. Rachel Levine, announced that the state would partner with CVS Health to provide free COVID-19 tests to skilled nursing facilities across the state July 2020: Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf issued a statewide order mandating wearing of face masks in all public spaces in the state