FEMA sends Utah another $20.6 million for COVID-19 response

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved an additional $20.6 million for the COVID-19 response in Utah. The assistance was made available under a major disaster declaration issued April 4, 2020, and brings the total FEMA assistance to the state to $370 million since the pandemic began.

The latest round of funding included $16.5 million to the Intermountain Healthcare system for the cost of personal protective equipment and medical supplies for calendar 2021, $2.2 million to Salt Lake County for administrative costs to manage COVID-19 response and recovery efforts within the county and $1.9 million to Salt Lake County to provide more than 36,000 COVID-19 vaccinations at 247 outreach sites and fixed locations within the county between Dec. 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022.