Coronavirus testing: WHO and CDC never discussed providing test kits to the US, global health agency says
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus testing: WHO and CDC never discussed providing test kits to the US, global health agency says

CNN  

CNN — As the United States struggled to launch testing for the novel coronavirus using kits developed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization shipped hundreds of thousands of tests to countries around the world. US officials face questions about WHO test During CNN’s coronavirus town hall last week, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta asked the United States’ top infectious disease doctor, Dr. Anthony Fauci, if the US should have used the WHO coronavirus tests. “But what the CDC has done over many, many years when we have things like this is to develop their own test, which is always really a good test, and to roll it out in a way … where they give it to departments of public health.” Earlier in March, the FDA commissioner, Dr. Stephen Hahn, answered a question about why the United States had not used the WHO test design, saying: “the WHO does not have its own test that it is distributing globally. It has only posted on its website protocols from some test developers, such as the CDC.” Hahn said, without further explanation, that “internationally, different countries have had different levels of success with their diagnostic test development.” On Tuesday, Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House’s coronavirus response coordinator, also discussed why the United States had not adopted a test distributed by WHO as the CDC-developed test struggled.

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The US is mailing Americans COVID tests again. Here’s how to get them
3 months, 1 week ago

The US is mailing Americans COVID tests again. Here’s how to get them

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Americans can once again order COVID-19 tests, without being charged, sent straight to their homes. The website has been reopened on the heels of a summer COVID-19 virus wave and heading into the fall and winter respiratory virus season, with health officials urging Americans to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine and their yearly flu shot. U.S. regulators approved …

U.S. will require coronavirus testing for travelers from China
2 years ago

U.S. will require coronavirus testing for travelers from China

LA Times  

The U.S. announced new coronavirus testing requirements Wednesday for all travelers from China, joining other nations imposing restrictions because of a surge in infections. But the CDC’s action may be less about stopping a new variant from crossing U.S. borders and more about increasing pressure on China to share more information, said Dr. David Dowdy, an infectious disease epidemiologist at …

Flying to the US? Soon you won’t need a COVID test
2 years, 6 months ago

Flying to the US? Soon you won’t need a COVID test

Al Jazeera  

The US had required travelers to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test if they were flying into the country. US President Joe Biden’s administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the US take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights, easing one of the last remaining government mandates meant to contain …

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection
2 years, 9 months ago

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection

China Daily  

An employee counts disposable swabs while packaging COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits in Hong Kong, South China, on March 3, 2022. In two separate notices, issued on Friday and Saturday, the National Medical Products Administration allowed five companies－Beijing Savant Biotechnology, Nanjing Vazyme Biotech, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech, Beijing Jinwofu Bioengineering Technology and Shenzhen-based BGI PathoGenesis Pharmaceutical Technology－to revise its COVID-19 antigen …

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection
2 years, 9 months ago

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection

China Daily  

An employee counts disposable swabs while packaging COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits in Hong Kong, South China, on March 3, 2022. In two separate notices, issued on Friday and Saturday, the National Medical Products Administration allowed five companies－Beijing Savant Biotechnology, Nanjing Vazyme Biotech, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech, Beijing Jinwofu Bioengineering Technology and Shenzhen-based BGI PathoGenesis Pharmaceutical Technology－to revise its COVID-19 antigen …

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection
2 years, 9 months ago

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection

China Daily  

An employee counts disposable swabs while packaging COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits in Hong Kong, South China, on March 3, 2022. In two separate notices, issued on Friday and Saturday, the National Medical Products Administration allowed five companies－Beijing Savant Biotechnology, Nanjing Vazyme Biotech, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech, Beijing Jinwofu Bioengineering Technology and Shenzhen-based BGI PathoGenesis Pharmaceutical Technology－to revise its COVID-19 antigen …

At long last, WHO issues coronavirus testing advice
2 years, 9 months ago

At long last, WHO issues coronavirus testing advice

LA Times  

A woman is tested for a coronavirus infection at the Lenasia South Hospital near Johannesburg in South Africa. The advice comes months after critics said the lack of recommendations from the global health agency was compromising efforts to stop the pandemic in poor countries. At a press briefing on Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency was concerned …

Posts mislead on PCR test development
2 years, 10 months ago

Posts mislead on PCR test development

Associated Press  

CLAIM: COVID-19 PCR tests weren’t developed using samples of the coronavirus and instead detect “something else.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: Partly false. THE FACTS: Misleading posts circulating widely online in recent days are using technical documents from one COVID-19 PCR test to falsely claim that such tests don’t actually detect the coronavirus – with some users going so far as to suggest …

Self testing kits do detect Omicron, Dutch health institute says
3 years ago

Self testing kits do detect Omicron, Dutch health institute says

Dutch News  

Dutch public health institute RIVM has carried out experiments with coronavirus self testing kits and did not find a difference in the ability to detect Delta and Omicron variants of the virus, broadcaster NOS said on Wednesday. The FDA said in a statement that antigen tests ‘do detect the Omicron variant, but may have reduced sensitivity,’ which means the tests …

Self testing kits do detect Omicron, Dutch health institute says
3 years ago

Self testing kits do detect Omicron, Dutch health institute says

Dutch News  

Dutch public health institute RIVM has carried out experiments with coronavirus self testing kits and did not find a difference in the ability to detect Delta and Omicron variants of the virus, broadcaster NOS said on Wednesday. The FDA said in a statement that antigen tests ‘do detect the Omicron variant, but may have reduced sensitivity,’ which means the tests …

Omicron variant puts US coronavirus sequencing to the test
3 years, 1 month ago

Omicron variant puts US coronavirus sequencing to the test

CNN  

CNN — Rows of scientists sit before racks of coronavirus samples inside a laboratory in Henderson, North Carolina, wearing face masks and scrubs. “We are now sequencing approximately 80,000 samples per week – about one in every seven PCR positive cases,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told a White House coronavirus briefing Tuesday. Currently, there are about 68 state and …

WHO team head investigating origins of Covid calls for closer look at China lab
3 years, 4 months ago

WHO team head investigating origins of Covid calls for closer look at China lab

Live Mint  

The Danish head of a World Health Organization-led team that traveled to China earlier this year to probe the origins of Covid-19 called for closer scrutiny of a laboratory near the site of the first known cluster of cases at a market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. “It’s interesting that the lab relocated on the 2nd of December …

Genome sequencing almost certainly proves COVID was deliberately made in a lab, US experts claim
3 years, 7 months ago

Genome sequencing almost certainly proves COVID was deliberately made in a lab, US experts claim

Daily Mail  

Two U.S. experts have penned a damning essay saying that science strongly suggests the novel coronavirus was manufactured inside a Chinese laboratory. The essay comes after an explosive study last week claimed that Chinese scientists created COVID-19 in the Wuhan lab, then tried to cover their tracks by reverse-engineering versions of the virus to make it look like it evolved …

'Invite WHO to US for Study of Virus Origins': China Replies to Fauci's Lab Leak Emails
3 years, 7 months ago

'Invite WHO to US for Study of Virus Origins': China Replies to Fauci's Lab Leak Emails

News 18  

The United States should invite the World Health Organisation to their country to study virus origins and explain their more than 200 bio labs all over the world, including the Fort Detrick lab, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said after America’s infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci called on Beijing to release the medical records of nine people whose …

Early CDC Coronavirus Test Came With Inconsistent Instructions And Cost The U.S. Weeks
3 years, 7 months ago

Early CDC Coronavirus Test Came With Inconsistent Instructions And Cost The U.S. Weeks

NPR  

Early CDC Coronavirus Test Came With Inconsistent Instructions And Cost The U.S. Weeks Enlarge this image toggle caption Jessica McGowan/Getty Images Jessica McGowan/Getty Images A flawed coronavirus test distributed by government scientists early in the pandemic was poorly designed and came with erroneous instructions that made it doubly difficult for labs to rely on the test's results, new records show. …

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list
3 years, 8 months ago

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list

Dutch News  

Health inspectors have received dozens of reports of unlicensed coronavirus test kits being sold online and over the counter in shops. In other cases tests are advertised as ‘approved by the RIVM’, even though the public health agency does not have a certification system. ‘Some shops have stopped selling the tests as a result, or make clear on their website …

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list
3 years, 8 months ago

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list

Dutch News  

Health inspectors have received dozens of reports of unlicensed coronavirus test kits being sold online and over the counter in shops. In other cases tests are advertised as ‘approved by the RIVM’, even though the public health agency does not have a certification system. ‘Some shops have stopped selling the tests as a result, or make clear on their website …

US Officials Wary Over Wuhan Lab Work in 2018 Were Ignored: Report
3 years, 9 months ago

US Officials Wary Over Wuhan Lab Work in 2018 Were Ignored: Report

The Quint  

The Politico report states that in late 2017, top health and science officials at the US Embassy in Beijing attended a conference in the Chinese capital. There, they saw a presentation on a new study put out by a group of Chinese scientists, including several from the Wuhan lab, in conjunction with the US National Institutes of Health. To aid …

Coronavirus self test kits could be in the shops next month, says health minister
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus self test kits could be in the shops next month, says health minister

Dutch News  

Fast coronavirus tests which don’t require medical supervision could be available in supermarkets and pharmacies by next month, health minister Hugo de Jonge said on Friday. Fast tests, which people can take themselves, could be used by employers, and at schools and universities to making working conditions safer, De Jonge is quoted as saying by broadcaster NOS. ‘That is why …

Covid origins: Doctor on WHO expert panel to China believes Coronavirus didn't leak from Wuhan lab
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid origins: Doctor on WHO expert panel to China believes Coronavirus didn't leak from Wuhan lab

India Today  

From the source of the coronavirus to how it spread --theories about the origins of Covid-19 that wreaked havoc across the globe were abound. A WHO team visited Wuhan in late January to determine the emergence of the virus and said it is unlikely that the virus leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. In an authored piece in The …

WHO team probing COVID-19 outbreak says virus unlikely to have leaked from Chinese lab
3 years, 10 months ago

WHO team probing COVID-19 outbreak says virus unlikely to have leaked from Chinese lab

Firstpost  

The team found no proof of the disease spreading earlier than the initial outbreak in the second half of December 2019. The coronavirus most likely first appeared in humans after jumping from an animal, a team of international and Chinese scientists looking for the origins of COVID-19 said Tuesday, saying an alternate theory that the virus leaked from a Chinese …

WHO team: Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab
3 years, 10 months ago

WHO team: Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab

Associated Press  

WUHAN, China — The coronavirus most likely first appeared in humans after jumping from an animal, a team of international and Chinese scientists looking for the origins of COVID-19 said Tuesday, saying an alternate theory that the virus leaked from a Chinese lab was unlikely. A closely watched visit by World Health Organization experts to Wuhan — the Chinese city …

Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab, most likely jumped to human via intermediary species: WHO
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab, most likely jumped to human via intermediary species: WHO

India Today  

A World Health Organisation expert said Tuesday the coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and most probably jumped to humans via an intermediary species. WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek made the assessment in a summation of a WHO team's investigation into the possible origins of the coronavirus in the central Chinese …

China clamps down on research into coronavirus origins
4 years ago

China clamps down on research into coronavirus origins

LA Times  

Huanan market vendor Jiang Dafa tends to his pigeons at home in Wuhan, China. The government is monitoring scientists’ findings and mandating that the publication of any research first be approved by a new task force managed by China’s Cabinet under direct orders from President Xi Jinping, according to internal documents obtained by the AP. China’s foreign ministry said in …

New COVID-19 Strain: US Mandates Negative Coronavirus Test for Air Travellers from UK
4 years ago

New COVID-19 Strain: US Mandates Negative Coronavirus Test for Air Travellers from UK

News 18  

A new order will require air passengers arriving in the US from the UK to get a negative Covid-19 test, no more than 72 hours before departure, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Passengers are required to get a viral test within three days before their flight from the UK to the US departs, and provide …

Will the US ever have a national Covid-19 testing strategy?
4 years, 1 month ago

Will the US ever have a national Covid-19 testing strategy?

Hindustan Times  

As the coronavirus epidemic worsens, US health experts hope Joe Biden’s administration will put in place something Donald Trump’s has not — a comprehensive national testing strategy. “If we’d had a more robust approach and testing was scaled up as one of the tools, I think much of this third surge would would have been avoidable,” said Dr. Grant Colfax, …

Will the US ever have a national COVID-19 testing strategy?
4 years, 1 month ago

Will the US ever have a national COVID-19 testing strategy?

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — As the coronavirus epidemic worsens, U.S. health experts hope Joe Biden’s administration will put in place something Donald Trump’s has not — a comprehensive national testing strategy. “If we’d had a more robust approach and testing was scaled up as one of the tools, I think much of this third surge would have been avoidable,” said Dr. …

China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms
4 years, 1 month ago

China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms

Associated Press  

WUHAN, China — In the early days in Wuhan, the first city struck by the virus, getting a COVID test was so difficult that residents compared it to winning the lottery. “Unluckily, unfortunately, this virus we are facing, it’s so special.” __________ None of the first three diagnostics companies tapped to make test kits for the biggest pandemic in a …

Coronavirus was circulating in Italy earlier than thought, say researchers
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus was circulating in Italy earlier than thought, say researchers

Live Mint  

The new coronavirus was circulating in Italy in September 2019, a study by the National Cancer Institute of the Italian city of Milan shows, signaling that it might have spread beyond China earlier than thought. The World Health Organization has said the new coronavirus and COVID-19, the respiratory disease it causes, were unknown before the outbreak was reported in Wuhan, …

Nigerian scientists develop cheaper and faster Covid-19 test kits
4 years, 3 months ago

Nigerian scientists develop cheaper and faster Covid-19 test kits

CNN  

CNN — Scientists in Nigeria have developed a cheaper and faster Covid-19 test kit that will enable testing to be ramped up in a place that has faced kit shortages and chronic under-testing of a massive population, according to the country’s health authorities. Although Salako added that the detection rate of the NIMR test kit is “a bit lower than …

Rapid Covid tests: Trump announces plan to deploy 150 million Abbott Laboratories tests previously touted
4 years, 3 months ago

Rapid Covid tests: Trump announces plan to deploy 150 million Abbott Laboratories tests previously touted

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump formally announced a plan on Monday to disperse the 150 million rapid coronavirus tests first promoted by the White House in August. Announcing the distribution plan Monday afternoon in the White House Rose Garden, Trump claimed the testing effort would “allow every state on a very regular basis test every teacher who needs it.” …

Coronavirus: Tens of thousands ‘wrongly given’ all clear by Lighthouse laboratories
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus: Tens of thousands ‘wrongly given’ all clear by Lighthouse laboratories

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Tens of thousands of people infected with coronavirus were incorrectly given …

CDC updates Covid-19 testing guidelines for aysmptomatic people
4 years, 3 months ago

CDC updates Covid-19 testing guidelines for aysmptomatic people

CNN  

CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website has updated, yet again, guidelines for testing people who do not have symptoms of coronavirus. “Viral tests are recommended to diagnose acute infection of both symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals, to guide contact tracing, treatment options, and isolation requirements.” The guidance notes that even if people do not have symptoms, …

What you need to know about coronavirus on Monday, August 31
4 years, 4 months ago

What you need to know about coronavirus on Monday, August 31

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in the August 31 edition of CNN’s Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. WHAT’S IMPORTANT TODAY India becomes the world’s third deadliest Covid-19 country India reported 971 Covid-19 deaths yesterday, bringing the total to 64,469 and surpassing Mexico as the country with the third highest number of Covid-19 deaths globally, according to the latest data …

Most US states reject Trump administration's new Covid-19 testing guidance
4 years, 4 months ago

Most US states reject Trump administration's new Covid-19 testing guidance

India Today  

A majority of US states have rejected new Trump administration Covid-19 testing guidance in an extraordinary rebuke of the nation's top agency for disease prevention, according to officials at state health agencies and public statements reviewed by Reuters. The CDC said on Monday that people exposed to Covid-19 but not symptomatic "do not necessarily need a test unless you are …

US says testing not needed for some exposed to coronavirus, sparking outcry
4 years, 4 months ago

US says testing not needed for some exposed to coronavirus, sparking outcry

Live Mint  

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week that people exposed to COVID-19 but not symptomatic may not need to be tested, shocking doctors and politicians and prompting accusations the guidance was politically motivated. CNN and The New York Times reported on Wednesday that U.S. public health officials were ordered by high-level members of the Trump administration …

Trump administration says FDA will no longer require premarket review of certain lab tests, including some Covid-19 tests
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump administration says FDA will no longer require premarket review of certain lab tests, including some Covid-19 tests

CNN  

CNN — The Trump administration has determined that the US Food and Drug Administration will no longer review certain laboratory tests, including those used to detect Covid-19, according to an announcement from the US Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday. The announcement – which one expert said was part of a “bureaucratic fight” between HHS and FDA – …

Virus vaccine put to final test in thousands of volunteers
4 years, 5 months ago

Virus vaccine put to final test in thousands of volunteers

Associated Press  

The world’s biggest COVID-19 vaccine study got underway Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the U.S. government -- one of several candidates in the final stretch of the global vaccine race. “Unfortunately for the United States of America, we have plenty of infections right now” to get that answer, NIH’s Dr. Anthony …

Trump Admin Official Defends Coronavirus Testing Despite Widespread Lab Delays
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump Admin Official Defends Coronavirus Testing Despite Widespread Lab Delays

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING On Sunday, Admiral Brett Giroir, a member of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force, refused to admit that the administration is not doing enough to boost testing capacity across the country. When Tapper suggested the Trump administration invoke the Defense Production Act — which would prioritize the production of essential medical items in the private sector — …

To deliver coronavirus vaccine, US bets on untested company
4 years, 5 months ago

To deliver coronavirus vaccine, US bets on untested company

Live Mint  

When precious vats of COVID-19 vaccine are finally ready, jabbing the lifesaving solution into the arms of Americans will require hundreds of millions of injections. ApiJect received a no-bid contract earlier this year from the Defence Department under an exception for “unusual and compelling urgency.” Authorities said the US Department of Health and Human Services, tasked with buying the necessary …

German biotech company CureVac to launch human trials for an experimental Coronavirus vaccine
4 years, 6 months ago

German biotech company CureVac to launch human trials for an experimental Coronavirus vaccine

Firstpost  

The WHO lists 11 experimental coronavirus vaccines is currently being tested on humans, according to a table posted on its website. The unlisted biotech firm CureVac will become the second company to launch human trials of an experimental coronavirus vaccine in Germany, two people familiar with the plans told Reuters on Tuesday. The World Health Organization lists 11 experimental coronavirus …

Hype and science collide as FDA tries to rein in ‘wild West’ of COVID-19 blood tests
4 years, 7 months ago

Hype and science collide as FDA tries to rein in ‘wild West’ of COVID-19 blood tests

LA Times  

“Save your business while saving lives,” reads the website of Because Health, a Seattle tech start-up selling two types of tests to employers willing to pay $350 a pop to learn whether their workers have been infected with COVID-19. The company’s “Workplace Health” plan includes not only nasal swab tests to detect infection, but also blood tests aimed at determining …

Coronavirus did NOT arrive in the US before 2020, says study
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus did NOT arrive in the US before 2020, says study

Daily Mail  

A new study suggests that the novel coronavirus didn't arrive in the US and sicken people before 2020. Researchers looked at 1,700 nasopharyngeal swab samples collected between October 31, 2019 and December 31, 2019 at Stanford Health Care. Pictured: A worker performs drive-up COVID-19 testing administered from a car in Los Angeles, California, May 13 None of the samples contained …

Top Trump Trade Adviser Bashes CDC: 'Really Let The Country Down' On Virus Testing
4 years, 7 months ago

Top Trump Trade Adviser Bashes CDC: 'Really Let The Country Down' On Virus Testing

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Pete Navarro, President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser, knocked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday over its response to the coronavirus crisis, blaming the federal public health agency for the country’s slow rollout of tests. Asked during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” whether Trump has confidence in the CDC to lead during …

Fact check: Trump falsely claims, again, that anybody who wants a test can get one
4 years, 7 months ago

Fact check: Trump falsely claims, again, that anybody who wants a test can get one

CNN  

Washington CNN — On Monday, President Donald Trump made the same claim about coronavirus testing that he did in early March. “If somebody wants to be tested right now,” Trump said at a Monday news conference, “they’ll be able to be tested.” Two months later, it’s still not true. Trump was implicitly corrected Monday by assistant secretary for health Brett …

U.S. approves new coronavirus antigen test with fast results
4 years, 7 months ago

U.S. approves new coronavirus antigen test with fast results

The Hindu  

U.S. regulators have approved a new type of coronavirus test that administration officials have promoted as a key to opening up the country. The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday announced emergency authorization for antigen tests developed by Quidel Corporation of San Diego. Antigen tests can diagnose active infections by detecting the earliest toxic traces of the virus rather than …

US falls short in coronavirus testing in some areas of the country
4 years, 8 months ago

US falls short in coronavirus testing in some areas of the country

CNN  

CNN — In the tiny remote community of Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, about one out of eight residents has been tested for Covid-19. “We have a patchwork of testing across the country.” Limited testing, despite promises On a March 6th visit to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, President Donald Trump said “anybody that wants a test can …

Coronavirus: Rollout of antibody tests met with confusion, little oversight
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Rollout of antibody tests met with confusion, little oversight

CNN  

CNN — Public health experts, including members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, have argued accurate Covid-19 antibody tests can support efforts to get Americans back to work by determining who may have overcome the virus. States concerned by accuracy of antibody tests Antibody test data “are of dubious reliability; we are not tracking or analyzing them,” a spokesperson …

The Latest on Testing: Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s coronavirus podcast for May 5
4 years, 8 months ago

The Latest on Testing: Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s coronavirus podcast for May 5

CNN  

CNN — We’ve addressed early questions about testing for Covid-19, but plenty remain. Kevin de León, senior fellow at University of Southern California’s Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy: The promise of the immunology test to find out if we have the antibodies is huge. Here’s the problem: A reliable antigen test for the coronavirus isn’t yet available in …

US trials for human testing fast-tracked in a bid to have coronavirus vaccine ready by end of year
4 years, 8 months ago

US trials for human testing fast-tracked in a bid to have coronavirus vaccine ready by end of year

ABC  

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE say they have begun delivering doses of their experimental coronavirus vaccines for initial human testing in the United States. Key points: There are no approved treatments or vaccines for COVID-19 There are no approved treatments or vaccines for COVID-19 The US study is part of a global program underway in Germany The US study is …

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