On January 31, 2020, Health & Human Services Secretary, Alexander Azar, declared that the 2019 novel coronavirus (later identified as SARS-CoV-2) was a public health emergency (PHE).
On February 4th, 2020, Secretary Azar declared the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19 was a threat to national security and on March 27, 2020, Secretary Aza…