“…This is called “risk-based resource allocation.” (Farrell et al, 2013). Different types of government agencies face risk-based resource allocation decisions: agricultural land and water resources (Romero, 2000; Wolgin, 1975; Li et al, 2016), system design in a Distributed Environment (Yeddanapudi et al, 2008; Qiu et al, 2008), terrorism (Willis, 2007; Quadrifoglio, 2008; Ray et al, 2009), and Natural Hazards (i.e., tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes) (Vaziri et al, 2010; Zolfaghari and Peyghaleh, 2015; Murphy and Gardoni, 2007; Vaziri, 2008). In the Risk-based resource allocation for the pandemic response, a demand point has one (or more) associated risk (i.e., geographic spread, routes of transmission, risk factors for infection, overall poverty, medical preconditions) and the objective is to choose the amount to be invested in several interventions which minimize the overall risk exposed by the demand points according to budget constraints and health benefits.…”