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<br /> Consolidated Plan SAN LEANDRO 43 <br />OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018) <br />started to spread globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a COVID-19 <br />pandemic on March 11, 2020. At that time, it had been identified in 113 countries. <br />On the date this Substantial Amendment was drafted (May 24, 2020), the State of California <br />reported 92,721 confirmed cases of residents who had tested positive for COVID-19, with 3,774 <br />who had died as a result of the virus. Of those, 2,760 Alameda County residents tested positive <br />for COVID-19 with 92 who had lost their lives.3 <br />The COVID-19 virus has had a devastating effect globally. It has caused businesses to close, <br />jobs to be lost, finances to be stretched, and general feelings of anxiety and fear. Given this, the <br />City’s seeks to have the option of using the National Objective of “Urgent Need” to allow for the <br />possible support for oversight and services and infrastructure dedicated to COVID-19 response. <br />The City may address these needs when other resources are not available and needed by the <br />Alameda County Department of Public Health. <br />Low- and moderate-income communities are more vulnerable to disease outbreaks than higher- <br />income communities because of their limited access to health care providers, and the fact that <br />being a member of a vulnerable population is associated with being immunocompromised and <br />more vulnerable to infectious disease. California’s governor has requested emergency action <br />from the state Legislature to make funding available for the public response to the outbreak. <br />While the eventual impact of the COVID-19 outbreak is unclear at this stage, it serves as a <br />warning that these events may increase in frequency and severity in coming years. <br /> <br />3 California Department of Public Health, COVID-19 Updates, “COVID-19 by the Numbers” website: <br />https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/ncov2019.aspx#COVID- <br />19%20by%20the%20Numbers and Johns Hopkins University & Medicine, Coronavirus Resource Center website: <br />https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map. <br />281