The PREDICT program's cancellation and the subsequent scramble to secure an emergency extension reflects the Trump administration's broader pattern of dismantling or downsizing key offices and programs focused on protecting the US from a pandemic
The administration ultimately backtracked nearly three months later, granting an emergency six-month extension for the program known as PREDICT on April 1. The extension allowed the US to provide"emergency support to other countries for outbreak response including technical support for early detection" of the virus that causes the disease Covid-19, according to a notice posted by University of California-Davis, one of the project's implementing partners.
officials responded on December 31 to inform King that PREDICT would not be renewed after it expired in March 2020, despite concerns raised by the Maine Independent that canceling it before a replacement program was up and running could hinder the US ability to track possible pandemics."As planned, PREDICT is scheduled to end in March 2020 following the expiration of its second, five-year period of performance.
administrator makes long-planned departure as coronavirus crisis ragesPREDICT staff were deployed to several countries almost immediately to provide technical assistance with testing and additional supplies as needed.For months, those efforts were funded by a limited pool of funds the program had left over from the previous year, as
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