Mar
05

COVID-19 Update: Answers to your questions

As I announced on Monday, the Smithsonian has activated a Smithsonian COVID-19 (Coronavirus) response team that is actively monitoring, planning, and responding to any potential COVID-19 impact on our staff, visitors, and operations.

The medical community and public health officials are learning more about COVID-19 each day. Our response team will continue to update guidance and publish procedures in partnership with federal and local public health administrations as the situation evolves.

The team understands that there is a multitude of questions and some anxiety about both the current situation and what the future might bring with COVID-19. To help answer those questions, we have a created a designated inbox at SI-Coronavirusinfo@si.edu. This mailbox is being monitored by response team members so that we can get you timely answers based on the most current, accurate science and knowledge about the disease.

We strongly encourage you to use this e-mail to ask questions you may have about COVID-19. We are working on a dedicated web page that will offer continuously updated guidance and answer many of your questions. Please visit the Occupational Health Services page at this link for more information. Below are some of the most frequent questions we have received and the answers that have been developed by our response team.

We will provide further updates as we continue to monitor the situation.

Thank you for all you do for the Smithsonian. Stay healthy and don’t forget to wash your hands!

Lonnie G. Bunch
Secretary

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About the Author:

Lonnie G. Bunch III is the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He was the founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and is the first historian to be Secretary of the Institution.