Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Daily Roundup April 27, 2020

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic: Today, the FDA issued a statement, “Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Continues to Ensure Availability of Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Address Safety Concerns,” to discuss the Agency’s efforts to increase availability of alcohol-based hand sanitizer and the importance of making hand sanitizer unpalatable to people, including children, through the use of denatured alcohol. Calls to the National Poison Data System last month related to hand sanitizer increased by 79 percent compared to March 2019, with the majority of these calls accounting for...

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