Prognosis
FDA Official Warns Coronavirus on Path to Becoming Pandemic
- Agency’s caution reinforces sentiment from other regulators
- FDA is hoping to maintain adequate supplies in supply chain
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The coronavirus outbreak that began in China and has spread through the world and into the U.S. is on track to become a pandemic, a top official at the Food and Drug Administration warned.
“For all intents and purposes, I think it’s fair to say we are on the cusp of the pandemic,” Peter Marks, head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said in an interview. “Is it definitely going to happen? No, but there is significant concern, as of overnight we have cases on six continents.”