The symposium was held on the 22nd during the general meeting of the Japan Medical Society. Professor Naoko Yamamoto of the Graduate School of the International University of Health and Welfare registered the genetic information of the virus in January 2020.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the response as chief medical adviser to the U.S. government, said in a video message that the coronavirus cannot be eradicated or eliminated in the future. "I would like to expect the leadership of Japan as the G1 chair country" to create a system with equitable access to vaccines and therapeutic drugs.