Of Serious Concern

[ ]of the 2019-nCoV being viral in nature, antibiotics are of no use, and human-to-human transmission is occurring, which can aid the spread of the virus on a global scale "Stopping the spread of this virus both in China and globally is [the World Health Organization's] WHO's highest priority," said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of WHO in a press release (1) Building on existing partnerships with Inovio and the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia), in addition to a new partnership with Moderna and the United States National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, CEPI hopes to leverage rapid response platforms that are already being worked on to advance candidates into the clinical setting as quickly as possible