Competence demonstrated by action:China informed WHO of the outbreak in Wuhan of unknown cause: December 31, 2019,
https://www.who.int/csr/don/05-january-2020-pneumonia-of-unkown-cause-china/en/Covid-19 identified to WHO: January 11 and 12, 2020,
https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-china/en/The US started screening arriving passengers from China: January 17, 2020, JFK, SFO LAX
https://www.businessinsider.com/new-disease-virus-china-us-airports-screening-cdc-2020-1 ; O'Hare and Hartsfield-Jackson January 22, 2020,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/01/21/us-screenings-coronavirus-expanded-airports-atlanta-chicago/Pharmaceuticals company working with US government to develop vaccine: January 22, 2020, Moderna,
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/22/moderna-is-working-on-a-vaccine-for-chinas-deadly-coronavirus.htmlState Department raised the travel advisory for China to Level 4, do not travel: January 31, 2020,
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-flight-ban-delta-cuts-all-flights-white-house/4620989002/Trump declared a public health emergency: January 31, 2020,
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/delta-suspends-us-flights-china-amid-coronavirus/story?id=68666037People entering the US from China forbidden: February 2, 2020,
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/02/us/coronavirus-us-travel-restrictions/index.html This effectively ended flights from and to China, for obvious reasons. The current date for flights to resume is March 30, 2020.
Experimental vaccine submitted for testing: February 26, 2020, Moderna,
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/25/business/moderna-coronavirus-vaccine/index.htmlThe State Department's Travel Advisories have been updated as the outbreaks spread to other countries, but I haven't tracked the dates of additions. The ban on travel from Iran has been expanded to exclude all foreign nationals.
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https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/02/coronavirus-drugs-and-vaccines-in-development/A detailed guide to the coronavirus drugs and vaccines in developmentBy DAMIAN GARDE // MARCH 2, 2020
Here’s a guide to some of the most talked-about efforts to treat or prevent coronavirus infection, with details on the science, history, and timeline for each endeavor.
Gilead Sciences
Approach: Treatment
Stage: Phase 3
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Moderna Therapeutics
Approach: Vaccine
Stage: Phase 1
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CureVac
Approach: Vaccine
Stage: Preclinical
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GlaxoSmithKline
Approach: Vaccine
Stage: Preclinical
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Inovio Pharmaceuticals
Approach: Vaccine
Stage: Preclinical
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Johnson & Johnson
Approach: Vaccine and treatment
Stage: Preclinical
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Approach: Treatment
Stage: Preclinical
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Sanofi
Approach: Vaccine
Stage: Preclinical
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Vir Biotechnology
Approach: Treatment
Stage: Preclinical
There is an Israeli firm whose experimental vaccine isn't on that list,
https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/Israeli-scientists-In-three-weeks-we-will-have-coronavirus-vaccine-619101 .
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https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/bionics/darpas-firebreak-treatment-for-the-coronavirusDARPA Races To Create a "Firebreak" Treatment for the CoronavirusBy Eliza Strickland // 05 Mar 2020 | 17:00 GMT
When DARPA launched its Pandemic Preparedness Platform (P3) program two years ago, the pandemic was theoretical. It seemed like a prudent idea to develop a quick response to emerging infectious diseases. Researchers working under the program sought ways to confer instant (but short-term) protection from a dangerous virus or bacteria.
Today, as the novel coronavirus causes a skyrocketing number of COVID-19 cases around the world, the researchers are racing to apply their experimental techniques to a true pandemic playing out in real time. “Right now, they have one shot on goal,†says DARPA program manager Amy Jenkins. “We’re really hoping it works.â€
The P3 program’s plan was to start with a new pathogen and to “develop technology to deliver medical countermeasures in under 60 days—which was crazy, unheard of,†says Jenkins. The teams have proven they can meet this ambitious timeline in previous trials using the influenza and Zika viruses. Now they’re being asked to pull off the same feat with the new coronavirus, which more formally goes by the name SARS-CoV-2 and causes the illness known as COVID-19.
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https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/03/10/army-signs-agreement-with-drug-giant-gilead-on-experimental-covid-19-treatment/Army signs agreement with drug giant Gilead on experimental COVID-19 treatmentPatricia Kime
U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command has signed an arrangement with Gilead Sciences to provide the company’s investigational coronavirus drug to U.S. troops confirmed to have the COVID-19 virus.
Gilead’s medication, remdesivir, was approved for clinical research in February by the Food and Drug Administration. The medication, which initially was developed by the Foster City, California-based company to treat Ebola, has had some demonstrated success targeting coronaviruses, including Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, SARS.
The medicine, given intravenously, is currently being tested for safety and effectiveness in two separate clinical trials in China and one by the National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases. In the U.S. study, the first volunteer was an evacuee from the Diamond Princess cruise ship hospitalized with the illness at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
