Biological Safety

This guidance is intended to assist investigators planning research involving severe acute respiratory syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to understand the health and safety considerations and compliance expectations necessary to safely facilitate the research.

Dual use research of concern (DURC) is life sciences research that, based on current understanding, can be reasonably anticipated to provide knowledge, information, products, or technologies that could be directly misused to pose a significant threat with broad consequences to public health and safety, agricultural crops and other plants, animals, the environment, or national security.

Updated September 25, 2024

Follow the Public Health Flowchart for COVID-19 and Respiratory Virus Symptoms if you have COVID-19 symptoms, an exposure or test positive.