Here's the appropriate level of threat response to the virus, as seen by other countries: 0-30 cases/day (covid is being imported in via travel) - put tempera

Here's the appropriate level of threat response to the virus, as seen by other countries: 0-30 cases/day (covid is being imported in via travel) - put temperature detection check points at airports for all passengers on international flights - voluntary or enforced self-quarantine measures for those who have fever - tighten or ban travel from certain areas of the world 30-100 cases/day (you've isolated individuals with covid in your population) - put areas with confirmed COVID cases on high alert - hospitals in those areas should be required to check fever for COVID virus - Follow up with patients who have COVID by tracking down and checking their recent social circles 100+ cases / day (containment, not prevention, becomes the main goal. There's groups who contracted the virus / the virus cannot be traced to an entry point) - Put the entire region on high alert via policy - mandated work from home and limited social gatherings - Suspend school and other high traffic institutions - limit travel, request everyone to stay at home. Put up temperature checks / road blocks in major crowded areas. - ask population to take extreme precautions with their health by washing hands and wearing masks. Wearing masks is an amazing marketing tool to get people to treat the pandemic seriously, even if it doesn't actually help limit the spread that much. 1000+ cases/day (treatment is the prioritization to limit deaths) - build makeshift hospitals to anticipate the increase in load - remove as much red tape as possible to allow immediate treatment of critical condition patients (approve funding, get the right tests, mobilize health professionals, allocate hazmat suits / quarantine spaces) This implies that you are testing patients that have suspected corona symptoms and reporting them upwards. The US should have been taking border protection more seriously, but it's probably already too late for that. COVID is likely to spread regardless of how much effort you put into border control now.