“This morning we were informed that President Trump and Vice President Pence have called our witnesses to an emergency meeting at the White House. We don’t know the details, just that it’s extremely urgent,” Maloney said before opening a hearing on the country’s preparedness and response to the coronavirus outbreak that has swept across the nation.
Speakers include Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, CDC Director Robert Redfield, and Terry Rauch, director of the defense medical research and development program for the National Institute of Health.
— Read on www.cnbc.com/2020/03/11/trump-calls-emergency-meeting-with-top-us-health-officials-at-the-white-house-wednesday.html
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Cambridge-based Moderna Inc. ships first batch of coronavirus vaccine to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
Moderna currently has strategic alliances for development programs with AstraZeneca, Merck Inc. and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
— Read on www.masslive.com/news/2020/02/cambridge-based-moderna-inc-ships-first-batch-of-coronavirus-vaccine-to-national-institute-of-allergy-and-infectious-disease.html
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the mission briefing on COVID-19
As you know, a WHO-led international team of experts is now on the ground in China, working with their Chinese counterparts to find answers to some of the things we don’t know, including the severity of disease, the transmissibility of the virus and the impact of the measures that China has taken.
The WHO-led joint team brings together leading experts from China and around the world, with a shared commitment to pooling their scientific expertise to better understand the outbreak and save lives.
The mission was launched under the GOARN framework and we thank all partners in the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network for their continued support and partnership.
The team includes experts in epidemiology, virology, clinical management, outbreak control and public health from the following institutions:
The National University of Singapore
The Saint Petersburg Pasteur Institute
The National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
The Seoul National University College of Medicine, Republic of Korea
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
The U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control
The U.S. National Institutes of Health
The Russian National Medical Research Center of Phthisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases
And the Robert Koch Institute, Germany.
— Read on www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-mission-briefing-on-covid-19
The US Government can stop bitching, now! They’ve finally got “experts” in China! Most likely, only to find some “dirt” to pin on China! 🙄
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