South Carolina-based members of the EndCoronavirus.org network have partnered with colleagues across many fields to release an open letter to South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster calling for more aggressive action to #CrushTheCurveSC.

The letter urges Governor McMaster to immediately take the following low-cost, high-impact actions to zero out COVID-19 in Virginia:

1. Collaborate with local governments

2. Maximize social distancing

3. Expands mask usage

4. Deploy approaches that have worked elsewhere to scale up testing

5. Leverage volunteers to scale up contact tracing

6. Convert unused college dormitories into voluntary isolation facilities

7. Implement "safe travel" rules to prevent importation of new cases

Click here to see the full letter.

Click here to add your name to this open letter.

Click here to ask your South Carolina legislators to implement the steps outlined in the letter.

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ECV has collaborated with many community, religious, and business leaders to combat Coronavirus in South Carolina. The advocacy includes outreach to statewide and local officials including delivering a letter of ECV recommendations to our state's governor. ECV also provides consultation for restaurant owners about the safe practices for employees and customers. With the guidance of ECV, the Fairfield County community has secured a CT scanning testing site along with a monitoring team to refer symptomatic people to get Covid-19 screening. The long term plan includes securing isolation spaces to voluntary isolation and a reliable food source for communities. South Carolinians are able to take action because ECV has provided a blueprint to get to zero Coronavirus cases!