OMAHA- Eric Hargan, the deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services took a look at the new training and simulation center the federal government helped fund at the University of Nebraska Health Center. He highlighted the tole Nebraska has played in pandemic response since the beginning.

His tour included the National Quarantine Unit which housed some of the passengers from the cruise ship which were among the first U.S. citizens to be infected. This unity is the only federally designated quarantine facility. He noted that remdesivir, an antiviral drug that was recently approved for treating severe cases of COVID-19, started at UNMC. The center has also developed training programs to help health care providers safely treat people infected with the virus.

UNMC is contributing to the race to find a vaccine through its partnership with COVAXX. The vaccine is in Phase 3, which is late stage. Dr. Jeffrey Gold says he is grateful for the partnerships created with Hargan, COVAXX and all other entities that made the center possible.

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