COVID-19 Animal Models - Summary of progress made by the WHO COVID-19 modelling (27 February - 15 March 2020)

Overview

In response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO Blueprint team established several an ad hoc Expert working Groups including one focused on COVID-19 disease modelling (COM). The goal of the disease modelling group is to advance the development of COVID-19 medical countermeasures (vaccines, therapeutics and/or drugs). This is being achieved by providing a platform to share data to help reduce duplication of effort and to accelerate learning by sharing outcomes in a secure and confidential workspace. In addition, the principles of reduction, refinement and replacement are being addressed by this international effort. The group is co-chaired by Drs. William Dowling (CEPI), Simon Funnell (PHE) and César Muñoz-Fontela (BNITM) who are seconded to WHO for this task.