Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

“RNA extraction is the first step in being able to perform” a coronavirus test, he

said. “If we cannot perform this step, the [coronavirus] test cannot be performed.”

Qiagen, a major supplier of the kits, confirmed that its product is backordered due

to “the extraordinary pace” at which the world has increased coronavirus testing

over the last few weeks.

Public health labs across the U.S. have tested more than 5,000 people, according

to the Trump administration. HHS Secretary Alex Azar told lawmakers on

Tuesday that U.S. labs’ capacity could grow to 10,000-20,000 people per day by

the end of the week.

“Increased demand for testing has the potential to exhaust supplies needed to

perform the test itself,” said Robin Patel, president of the American Society for

Microbiology. That would limit the testing capacity of public health, hospital and

commercial labs alike, she added.

Complicating the situation, most labs have been running at least two tests per

patient — although that could soon change. The CDC issued interim guidelines

on Monday that minimize the number of tests required for a diagnosis. The

agency says labs can combine a patient’s nose and throat samples into one test, a

move experts say will cut in half the amount of supplies used to test each person.

But Redfield said he doesn’t know how the agency would deal with any scarcity

of RNA extraction kits and reagents that arise. “I don’t know the answer to that

question,” he said when asked how the CDC would handle such a situation —

adding that he is hopeful “there will be mechanisms between multiple

manufacturers to correct” it.

Mandy Cohen, North Carolina’s secretary of health, said that a shortage of

extraction kits and other chemicals had hampered testing in her state. “Folks were

saying, ‘We are sending you the [test] kits,’ and I don’t think they understood at

first what exact part of the supply chain we needed,” she said. “We needed

extraction kits.”

An FDA spokesperson said that the agency is contacting labs that are testing for

the coronavirus “to understand their supply issues and assist where we can.”

The FDA has also approved a change to the CDC diagnostic test that allows labs

to switch from Qiagen’s RNA extraction method to another manufactured by

Roche, says Denny Russell, who leads the coronavirus response at Washington

state’s public health lab. But getting his lab ready to use the Roche method could

take a week in part because technicians will need training to use it.

Commercial labs, which have recently started running coronavirus tests, have not

experienced any supply shortages, according to a spokesperson for the American

Clinical Laboratory Association.

In the meantime, Qiagen has told customers that it may not be able to fill large
standing orders, because it is trying to provide smaller numbers of kits to as many

labs as possible, said spokesperson Robert Reitze. The company is ramping up

production of RNA extraction kits at manufacturing sites in Hilden, Germany;

Barcelona, Spain; and Germantown, Md.

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Subject: NICCL Summary 3.27.2020

Good afternoon,

Attached is the NICCL Summary for today’s call. Thank you for your agency’s participation.

Best,

Alexa Fortuna

Emergency Management Specialist | FEMA ESF 15 Coordination | Office of External Affairs

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Subject: FDA release on chloroquine

All...FDA is ready to issue this. Please let us know if we have the green light. Bill

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 As per my discussion with Steve a few minutes ago, I

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not checked out the references with the statements that

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with all of the changes accepted. Please take a look and

Steve said that he would like to set up a quick call to

discuss after you have had a look. I am very sorry to

come in with these changes at this late point, but I really

did not get a chance to have a good look at the

document as I was in a car.

Thanks,

Tony

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From: Murphy, Ryan (OS/ASPA)

To: Lemar, Naweed (OS); Robinson, Michael J (OS); Myrie, Simone (OS); Bradley, Tasha (OS); Formoso, Paula (OS);

Daniels, Carla L (OS); Felberbaum, Michael; Caccomo, Stephanie; Block, Molly; Galatas, Kate (CDC); Bonds,

Michelle E (CDC); Oury, Rachael (CDC); Billet, Courtney R (NIH); Routh, Jennifer M (NIH); Burklow, John T

(NIH); Myles, Renate H (NIH); Michael, Gretchen (OS); Kane, Elleen (OS); Danko, Carol (OS); Heck, Mia (OS);

Broido, Tara (OS); Sherman, Jennifer (OS)

Cc: Blakeman, Scott (OS); Brennan, Patrick (OS); Caputo, Michael R (OS); Foster, Timothy (OS); Hall, Bill (OS);

McKeogh, Katherine (OS); Oakley, Caitlin B (OS); Pratt, Michael (OS); Traverse, Brad (OS); Weber, Mark (OS)

Subject: UPDATED: for clearances

Date: Friday, May 15, 2020 3:32:24 PM

Hey Folks – I hope everyone is having a good Friday afternoon. I wanted to send a quick

update on the process here. Below are updated lists of WH and OVP folks who need to be on

the clearance emails you send up to the WH/OVP. Also, please make sure that you receive

affirmative WH approval in addition to OVP approval before proceeding.

Appreciate everyone’s assistance and great work. Please let me know if you’ve any questions.

Thanks,

 Ryan

For material and print interview clearances –

Devin O’Malley @ovp.eop.gov)

Katie Miller ( ovp.eop.gov)

Hannah MacInnis ( @ovp.eop.gov)

Alyssa Farah @who.eop.gov)

Kayleigh Gilmartin @who.eop.gov)

Hogan Gidley @who.eop.gov)

Brittany Yanick @who.eop.gov)

Tori Syrek @who.eop.gov)

Judd Deere @who.eop.gov)

For broadcast interview clearances –

Devin O’Malley

Katie Miller

Hannah MacInnis

Alyssa Farah

Kayleigh Gilmartin

(b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6)(b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6)
Hogan Gidley

Brittany Yanick

Tori Syrek

Judd Deere

Alexa Henning @who.eop.gov)

Roma Daravi @who.eop.gov)

John Hortsman @who.eop.gov)

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From: Murphy, Ryan (OS/ASPA)

Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 3:21 PM

To: Lemar, Naweed (OS/ASPA) <Naweed.Lemar@hhs.gov>; Michael Robinson

(michael.robinson@hhs.gov) <michael.robinson@hhs.gov>; Simone Myrie

(Simone.Myrie@hhs.gov) <Simone.Myrie@hhs.gov>; Bradley, Tasha (OS/ASPA)

<Tasha.Bradley@hhs.gov>; Formoso, Paula (HHS/ASPA) <Paula.Formoso@hhs.gov>; Daniels,

Carla (HHS/ASPA) <Carla.Daniels@hhs.gov>; Felberbaum, Michael (FDA/OC)

<Michael.Felberbaum@fda.hhs.gov>; Caccomo, Stephanie (FDA/OC)

<Stephanie.Caccomo@fda.hhs.gov>; Molly Block (Molly.Block@fda.hhs.gov)

<Molly.Block@fda.hhs.gov>; Kate Galatas (CDC/OD/OADC) (kkg2@cdc.gov) <kkg2@cdc.gov>;

Bonds, Michelle E. (CDC/OD/OADC) <meb0@cdc.gov>; Oury, Rachael (CDC/OD)

<QKC3@cdc.gov>; Courtney (NIH/NIAID) Billet [E] (billetc@niaid.nih.gov)

<billetc@niaid.nih.gov>; Jennifer (NIH/NIAID) Routh [E] (jennifer.routh@nih.gov)

<jennifer.routh@nih.gov>; John Burklow (burklowj@od.nih.gov) <burklowj@od.nih.gov>;

Myles, Renate (NIH/OD) [E] <mylesr@mail.nih.gov>; Gretchen Michael

(Gretchen.Michael@hhs.gov) <Gretchen.Michael@hhs.gov>; Elleen Kane (OS/ASPR/OEA)

(Elleen.Kane@hhs.gov) <Elleen.Kane@hhs.gov>; Danko, Carol (OS/ASPR/IO)

<Carol.Danko@hhs.gov>; Mia Heck (HHS/OASH) (Mia.Heck@hhs.gov) <Mia.Heck@hhs.gov>;

Tara Broido (Tara.Broido@hhs.gov) <Tara.Broido@hhs.gov>; Jennifer Sherman (HHS/OASH)

(Jennifer.Sherman@hhs.gov) <Jennifer.Sherman@hhs.gov>

Cc: Blakeman, Scott (OS/ASPA) <Scott.Blakeman@hhs.gov>; Brennan, Patrick (OS/ASPA)

<Patrick.Brennan@hhs.gov>; Caputo, Michael (HHS/ASPA) <Michael.Caputo@hhs.gov>;

Foster, Timothy (OS/ASPA) <Timothy.Foster@hhs.gov>; Hall, Bill (HHS/ASPA)

<bill.hall@hhs.gov>; McKeogh, Katherine (OS/ASPA) <Katherine.McKeogh@hhs.gov>; Oakley,

Caitlin B. (OS/ASPA) <Caitlin.Oakley@HHS.GOV>; Pratt, Michael (OS/ASPA)

<Michael.Pratt@hhs.gov>; Traverse, Brad (HHS/ASPA) <Brad.Traverse@hhs.gov>; Weber,

Mark (HHS/ASPA) <Mark.Weber@hhs.gov>

Subject: RE: for clearances

Just a quick follow-up here to clarify on this: there’s not been a change in the COVID-19

(b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6)
clearance process. Stuff still needs to be flagged for ASPA and/or approved by ASPA before

going up to WH/OVP. The email below was simply to update you all on who at WH/OVP will

need to receive the clearance emails when they go up to WH/OVP. The processes we’ve been

following remain in place. Please call with any questions.

_____________________________________________

From: Murphy, Ryan (OS/ASPA)

Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 12:42 PM

To: Lemar, Naweed (OS/ASPA) <Naweed.Lemar@hhs.gov>; Michael Robinson

(michael.robinson@hhs.gov) <michael.robinson@hhs.gov>; Simone Myrie

(Simone.Myrie@hhs.gov) <Simone.Myrie@hhs.gov>; Bradley, Tasha (OS/ASPA)

<Tasha.Bradley@hhs.gov>; Formoso, Paula (HHS/ASPA) <Paula.Formoso@hhs.gov>; Daniels,

Carla (HHS/ASPA) <Carla.Daniels@hhs.gov>; Felberbaum, Michael (FDA/OC)

<Michael.Felberbaum@fda.hhs.gov>; Caccomo, Stephanie (FDA/OC)

<Stephanie.Caccomo@fda.hhs.gov>; Molly Block (Molly.Block@fda.hhs.gov)

<Molly.Block@fda.hhs.gov>; Kate Galatas (CDC/OD/OADC) (kkg2@cdc.gov) <kkg2@cdc.gov>;

Bonds, Michelle E. (CDC/OD/OADC) <meb0@cdc.gov>; Oury, Rachael (CDC/OD)

<QKC3@cdc.gov>; Courtney (NIH/NIAID) Billet [E] (billetc@niaid.nih.gov)

<billetc@niaid.nih.gov>; Jennifer (NIH/NIAID) Routh [E] (jennifer.routh@nih.gov)

<jennifer.routh@nih.gov>; John Burklow (burklowj@od.nih.gov) <burklowj@od.nih.gov>;

Myles, Renate (NIH/OD) [E] <mylesr@mail.nih.gov>; Gretchen Michael

(Gretchen.Michael@hhs.gov) <Gretchen.Michael@hhs.gov>; Elleen Kane (OS/ASPR/OEA)

(Elleen.Kane@hhs.gov) <Elleen.Kane@hhs.gov>; Danko, Carol (OS/ASPR/IO)

<Carol.Danko@hhs.gov>; Mia Heck (HHS/OASH) (Mia.Heck@hhs.gov) <Mia.Heck@hhs.gov>;

Tara Broido (Tara.Broido@hhs.gov) <Tara.Broido@hhs.gov>; Jennifer Sherman (HHS/OASH)

(Jennifer.Sherman@hhs.gov) <Jennifer.Sherman@hhs.gov>

Cc: Blakeman, Scott (OS/ASPA) <Scott.Blakeman@hhs.gov>; Brennan, Patrick (OS/ASPA)

<Patrick.Brennan@hhs.gov>; Caputo, Michael (HHS/ASPA) <Michael.Caputo@hhs.gov>;

Foster, Timothy (OS/ASPA) <Timothy.Foster@hhs.gov>; Hall, Bill (HHS/ASPA)

<bill.hall@hhs.gov>; McKeogh, Katherine (OS/ASPA) <Katherine.McKeogh@hhs.gov>; Oakley,

Caitlin B. (OS/ASPA) <Caitlin.Oakley@HHS.GOV>; Pratt, Michael (OS/ASPA)

<Michael.Pratt@hhs.gov>; Traverse, Brad (HHS/ASPA) <Brad.Traverse@hhs.gov>; Weber,

Mark (HHS/ASPA) <Mark.Weber@hhs.gov>

Subject: for clearances

Hey Folks – we thought it might be helpful to send an update to what folks at WH/OVP

should receive clearance emails. Below reflects our understanding of who has been routinely

receiving clearance items and/or who WH/OVP has often added to a chain for review. I’ve

bucketed the lists below. Please let me know if you have any questions.

- Ryan

For material and print interview clearances –
Devin O’Malley @ovp.eop.gov)

Katie Miller ( ovp.eop.gov)

Hannah MacInnis @ovp.eop.gov)

Meghan Burris ( @who.eop.gov)

Brittany Yanick @who.eop.gov)

Tori Syrek @who.eop.gov)

Judd Deere @who.eop.gov)

For broadcast interview clearances –

Devin O’Malley

Katie Miller

Hannah MacInnis

Meghan Burris

Brittany Yanick

Tori Syrek

Judd Deere

Alexa Henning ( g@who.eop.gov)

Roma Daravi @who.eop.gov)

John Hortsman who.eop.gov)

(b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6)