Alabama & Massachusetts Sharing Addresses Of Coronavirus Residents
According to a new order enacted in both Alabama and Massachusetts, health officials are sharing addresses of residents who’ve contracted coronavirus with authorities.
The new order, which was approved a week ago in Alabama, looks to help contain the spread and protect first responders who get calls where sufferers reside. While addresses are being shared with 85 emergency communications districts, names are not.
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Alabama’s 911 Board executive direct Leah Missildine says, “It’s only on an as-known, as needed basis. The impetus behind this is to protect first responders because 9-1-1 receives the information and coordinates the response of first responders. That was deemed the most efficient way to share this information.”
Also, Arrol Sheehan, director of public information at the Alabama Department of Public Health said, “The Alabama Department of Public Health was requested to provide addresses of patients home quarantined for COVID 19 to the Alabama 9-1-1 Board for the protection of first responders.”
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In Massachusetts, their order went into effect on March 18 and follows the same guidelines of sharing addresses with emergency responders, but without names.
The order cites a need for “continued operation of public health and safety services during the state of emergency.”