And BSL 3 and BSL 4 work was halted for some time at USAMRIID after the CDC found lapses in biosecurity. Since then, the CDC has visited twice, Talley said, each time allowing more work.
‘That’s continuing to be a gradual process back to full operations capabilities, if you will,” he said.
SARS-CoV-2 is not a select agent, which falls under the Federal Select Agent Program overseen by the CDC, Talley said, which means it does not fall under the same restrictions as other pathogens, such as Ebola, which is a select agent.