IT IS CRUCIAL TODAY TO DEVELOP A GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEM AND TO RESPOND TO HOW THIS CORONAVIRUS ENCOUNTERS THE HOST CELL DURING THE COURSE OF THE INFECTION AND APPLY THIS KNOWLEDGE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOTH NEW DRUGS AND REPROPOSE EXISTING ONES THAT BLOCK VIRUS-INDUCED MECHANISMS THAT FOLLOW MECHANISMS ALREADY KNOWN IN OTHER PATOLOGIES.CEINGE HAS DECIDED TO CREATE A TASK FORCE OF EXPERTS IN THE FIELD IN ORDER TO GENERATE PREVENTION AND RESEARCH PROGRAMMES WITH THE AIM OF SLOWING DOWN/BLOCKING THE PANDEMIC. THE MEMBERS OF THE RESEARCH GROUP OF CEINGE ADVANCED BIOTECHNOLOGY PROPOSE HERE TO THE CAMPANIA REGION (CRISIS UNIT-COVID-19 (DPGR NO. 45 OF 06/03/2020) SEPARATE ACTIONS IN 3 MACRO AREAS (DIAGNOSTICS, GENETICS, THERAPY) WITH NEW RESEARCH IN THE FIELD AND DEVELOPING ACTIONS WITH OBJECTIVES IN N.6 WORK PACKAGES (WP) AND ‘DELIVERABLES’ DEVELOPED IN 6 MONTHS OF ACTIVITY. THE RESULTS WILL BE USEFUL TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM AND WITH IMPLICATIONS OF