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COVID-19 announcement

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info #

name

name

The short title of the COVID-19 announcement.
For example: “Stanford announces COVID-19 testing facility”

date posted

datePosted

The date that the COVID-19 announcement was published.

expires

expires

The date in which the content expires and is no longer useful. Don’t include this property if you don’t know when the content will expire.

text

text

More info about the announcement.

location #

announcement location

announcementLocation

The specific location that is associated with the SpecialAnnouncement. For example, a specific testing facility or business with special opening hours. For a larger geographic region, like a quarantine of an entire region, we recommend that you use spatialCoverage.
You can select from a dropdown of available business and organizations, or you can right click on the field and enter a text value or a WikiData reference.

spatial coverage

spatialCoverage

The geographic region that is the focus of the special announcement, if applicable. For example, the announcement may be about a shelter-in-place that affects multiple regions. If the announcement affects both a region and a specific location (for example, a library closure that serves an entire region), use both spatialCoverage and announcementLocation.
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special info #

prevention

diseasePreventionInfo

Information about disease prevention, if applicable to the announcement.

spread statistics

diseaseSpreadStatistics

If applicable to the announcement, the statistical information about the spread of a disease.

getting tested

gettingTestedInfo

Information about getting tested in the context of COVID-19.

government benefits

governmentBenefitsInfo

Information about new government benefits in the context of COVID-19.

news updates & guidelines

newsUpdatesAndGuidelines

A page with news updates and guidelines in the context of COVID-19. This could be (but is not required to be) the main page containing Covid-19 Announcement markup on a site.

public transport closures

publicTransportClosuresInfo

Information about public transport closures in the context of COVID-19.

quarantine guidelines

quarantineGuidelines

Guidelines about quarantine rules in the context of COVID-19.

school closures

schoolClosuresInfo

Information about school closures in the context of COVID-19.

travel bans

travelBans

Information about travel bans in the context of COVID-19.