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UNMC starts clinical trial on possible coronavirus treatment
https://www.omaha.com/livewellnebraska/unmc-starts-clinical-trial-on-possible-coronavirus-treatment/article_e31f3f6d-9279-5a04-8720-7aff6f935c8b.htmlThe University of Nebraska Medical Center has begun the first clinical trial in the United States of an experimental treatment for the new coronavirus.
The first participant to enroll in the trial is an American who was brought to the UNMC campus after being evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship off the coast of Japan. The person volunteered to participate.
He or she is among 14 people from the ship who are under quarantine at UNMC — 12 in the National Quarantine Unit and two in the separate Nebraska Biocontainment Unit.
The first 13 arrived in Omaha on Feb. 17. The 14th landed Monday evening after being transferred from an Air Force installation near San Antonio, Texas.