- Nevada Public Health Professionals Monitoring Coronavirus (kunr.org)
In Nevada, there have been no cases of the coronavirus, but in California there have been eight confirmed cases. Public health officials in the Silver State are closely monitoring the outbreak...Dr. Mark Pandori is the director of the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory. He said they are prepared if there were to be an outbreak in the state, and are actively gathering information from California...READ MORE
- February 7 Pharmacy Week in Review (pharmacytimes.com)
Nicole Grassano, PTNN, Pharmacy Week in Review, this weekly video program provides our readers with an in-depth review of the latest news, product approvals, FDA rulings and more.
- How will coronavirus hit U.S. drugmakers? Depends what kind of drugmaker you are: Moody’s (fiercepharma.com)Concern for drug shortages grows as COVID-19 outbreak drags on (fiercepharma.com)Coronavirus outbreak begins to disrupt booming China drug trials (reuters.com)Live version of coronavirus map (gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com)China sees fall in coronavirus deaths but WHO urges caution (reuters.com)
Spread of the novel coronavirus in China and beyond would have mixed effects on U.S. biopharma companies, says Moody's...the impact on their businesses may be mixed...If the virus persists long enough, branded drugmakers may see decreased demand for their innovative drugs in China...the global spread of the virus could lead to government stockpiling of certain drugs such as antivirals...As for generic players, which depend on China for active pharmaceutical ingredients, a continued outbreak may increase the risk of supply disruption...READ MORE
- U.S. declares coronavirus health emergency, bars foreign nationals who visited China (reuters.com)
The Trump administration...declared a public health emergency...and announced the extraordinary step of barring entry to the United States of foreign nationals who have recently visited China...In addition, U.S. citizens who have traveled within the past two weeks to China’s Hubei Province - epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic - will be subject to a mandatory quarantine of 14 days, the incubation period of the virus, officials said...READ MORE
- The Latest, Clinical News, Community Practice, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Infectious Disease, Infectious Diseases & Conditions (drugtopics.com)Live version of coronavirus map (gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com)China Tightens Wuhan Lockdown in ‘Wartime’ Battle With Coronavirus (nytimes.com)Beijing begins mass arrest of sufferers and videos shows hazmat suit-clad goons dragging people from their homes as the death toll hits 724 (dailymail.co.uk)
The 2019 novel coronavirus, named 2019-nCoV, continues to dominate headlines as more cases emerge in the United States. As of February 5, the CDC has confirmed 11 positive tests of the virus in US patients...READ MORE
Here is a roundup of the latest coronavirus-related news:
- Pharmacists are running short on surgical masks due to coronavirus fears, according to a new survey.
- FDA issues emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first 2019-nCoV diagnostic.
- Gilead Sciences is donating its experimental antiviral drug remdesivir for clinical trials involving patients with coronavirus in China.
- Department of Health and Human Services will collaborate with Regeneron to develop treatment.
- Public transportation suspended in China city to combat coronavirus outbreak, says state media (cnbc.com)The shadow of SARS: China learned the hard way how to handle an epidemic (reuters.com)WHO postpones decision on declaring China coronavirus a global health emergency (cnbc.com)
Cornavirus (From Holmes KV, Enjuanes L. The SARS coronavirus: a postgenomic era. Science 2003;300:1377–1378.)
Government officials in Wuhan, China are suspending all public transportation, including buses, trains, airplanes and ferries, to better combat the coronavirus outbreak...citing Chinese state media...Officials are also asking citizens not to leave the city unless there are special circumstances. Additionally, people in public places will be required to wear masks to prevent exposure to the illness, local officials said...The actions came after public health officials said earlier in the day that deaths from China’s new virus, which is believed to have started in Wuhan, rose to 17 with more than 540 cases confirmed...READ MORE