PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — While other states in the region are moving forward by lifting more and more COVID-19 restrictions, Delaware is looking in the rear-view mirror.
Delaware is the first state in the region to announce a formal plan to review its response to the coronavirus pandemic. It will look back to see what the state did right, what it did wrong, and what it would do differently.
Delaware Emergency Management Agency Director AJ Schall expects all those questions to be thoroughly answered in the state’s After Action Report.
“We always talk about ‘let’s be better tomorrow than we were today,’ ” said Schall. “This is going to be something we’re going to be working on over the next year, interviewing the state partners and our community partners to identify what we did well, what we could have done better, what plans may need to be updated.”
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After all, this was an unprecedented year for everyone.
“You heard us say a lot of the times we were in unchartered waters, so what could we do to leave this better for the next time this happens?” Schall asked. “Hopefully it doesn’t, but we want to make sure.”
State officials plan to keep the public updated on report findings along the way.
“It’s a long process with interviews,” he said, “but [I] just wanted everybody to know even though we’re not done with this, we’re looking to make sure we improve in any way we can. So I’m excited to get this started.”
The report will take about a year to complete.