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February 13, 2020
TheWorld Health Organisation, WHO is developing a master plan for coordinatingclinical trials that could lead to potential therapies for patients infectedwith Coronavirus, COVID-19.
WHODirector-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced this at a newsconference in Geneva, at the conclusion of a two-day research and innovationforum on COVID-19.
Theleading health experts from around the world met to assess the current level ofknowledge about the new disease, identify gaps and work together so thatcritical research can begin immediately.
Theseinclude decisions surrounding easy to apply diagnostics, the best approachesfor infection prevention, potential therapies that could be used to treatpatients, existing vaccine candidates and how to accelerate them.
Ghebreyesusdescribed the outcome of the meeting as the “infodemic” the overwhelmingquantity of information, being produced and disseminated worldwide.