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6 March 2020
Gilead launches a phase III trial of remdesivir in people with severe COVID-19. Source
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26 February 2020
Brazil reports its first COVID-19 case. Source
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24 February 2020
Italy declares a lockdown in 11 of Lombardy’s towns to stop the virus from spreading. Source
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21 February 2020
• NIAID launches a COVID-19 adaptive clinical trial including remdesivir. Source • Favilavir, a version of favipiravir, produced by Zhejiang...
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20 February 2020
First case reported in Italy (Lombardy). Source
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19 February 2020
Iran reports its first death from COVID-19. Source
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16 February 2020
The WHO-China Joint mission travels to Wuhan, Beijing and other cities to speak with health officials, researchers and healthcare workers....
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14 February 2020
First case of COVID-19 reported in Africa, from Egypt. Source
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12 February 2020
• WHO convenes a Research and Innovation Forum where experts and donors to set global priorities for COVID-19 research. Source...
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11 February 2020
• WHO assigns a name, COVID-19, to illness caused by the coronavirus. • A United Nations (UN) Crisis Management Team...
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7 February 2020
• Dr. Li Wenliang dies from novel coronavirus. He was exonerated for warning about the illness, and his family received...
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6 February 2020
A university-sponsored phase III clinical trial of the antiviral remdesivir begins in China. Source