Coronavirus Resource Center and News

There are multiple posted messages to date concerning the novel Coronovirus outbreak (now named COVID-19), with more messages to be added. For up to the date information from the CDC, click here.

In the News

February 18, 2020 (from CRB)
Important FDA Notification Regarding Coronavirus

February 12, 2020
Lab Update: Interim Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines for Handling and Processing Specimens Associated with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

February 12, 2020 (from AAB)
CMS Update On Coronavirus Assay

February 8, 2020
Lab Update: Updated Information about the Emergency Use Authorization for the CDC 2019-nCoV RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel

February 7, 2020
Persons Evaluated for 2019 Novel Coronavirus

February 5, 2020
Lab Update: Information about Emergency Use Authorization for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel

February 1, 2020
Lab Alert: Updated Specimen Submission Information for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

January 29, 2020
Lab Advisory: Published Assay Information for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

January 22, 2020
The Basics: What We Know — and Don’t Know — About the Virus Spreading in China and Beyond

January 20, 2020
Lab Advisory: Outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan, China