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Two generic drugs being tested in U.S. in race to find coronavirus treatments
U.S. researchers, following the lead of scientists in other countries, have launched studies to see whether widely-available, low-cost generic drugs can be used to help treat the illness caused by the new coronavirus.
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Catholics worldwide pray with pope for end to coronavirus pandemic
Catholics around the world joined Pope Francis in praying the rosary on Thursday night to ask God to end the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more people in Italy than anywhere else.
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Potential coronavirus treatment touted by Trump already in shortage, pharmacists say
An old malaria treatment that has been tried with some success against the new coronavirus and was touted by U.S. President Donald Trump at a news briefing earlier on Thursday is in short supply as demand surges amid the fast-spreading outbreak.
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Explainer: What is herd immunity and will it affect the pandemic?
The outbreak of disease caused by the new coronavirus has raised questions about a phenomenon known as "herd immunity" and whether it might play a role in how the pandemic progresses.
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Tesla cuts U.S. factory staff to curb virus, Musk offers to produce ventilators
Tesla Inc has told employees it reduced the number of workers at its California vehicle factory to curb the spread of coronavirus as Chief Executive Elon Musk said the company may start producing ventilators to ease a U.S. shortage.
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Rio reports first coronavirus deaths as Brazil closes land borders
Brazil's tourist hotspot Rio de Janeiro reported its first two coronavirus deaths on Thursday, bringing the country's toll to six, as Latin America's largest nation closed more borders to visitors and the foreign minister waded into a diplomatic spat with China.
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Canadian distilleries make sanitizers as coronavirus sparks demand for hygiene products
Some Canadian distilleries and breweries have started producing hand sanitizers alongside alcoholic drinks as the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus stokes demand for hygiene products.
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Prince Albert of Monaco tests positive for coronavirus
Prince Albert of Monaco has tested positive for coronavirus but his health is not a cause for concern, his office said on Thursday.
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Rich nations pump aid into battered economy as coronavirus deaths in Italy overtake China
The world's richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy on Thursday as coronavirus cases ballooned in the new epicenter Europe, with the number of deaths in Italy outstripping those in mainland China, where the virus originated.
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Exclusive: Potential coronavirus treatment touted by Trump already in shortage, pharmacists say
Supply of a malaria treatment that has been tried with some success against the new coronavirus is in short supply as demand surges amid the fast-spreading outbreak, according to independent pharmacies and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).
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Coronavirus patients flood hospitals in Swiss canton next to Italy
The southern Swiss canton of Ticino on the border with Italy is being swamped with coronavirus patients and authorities are battling to find enough intensive care beds, a top public health official said on Thursday.
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Exhausted Dutch minister leading coronavirus fight quits
The minister leading the Dutch government's fight against the coronavirus resigned on Thursday, a day after collapsing from exhaustion during a parliamentary debate on the epidemic.
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Slovaks get facemasks, coronavirus tests from China to replenish supplies
A Slovak government plane with a million surgical facemasks and 100,000 rapid-result tests for the new coronavirus arrived in Bratislava on Thursday to alleviate the shortage faced by local authorities, social and health workers.
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Exclusive: Ferrari and Fiat look at helping Italy make ventilators in coronavirus crisis
Italian carmakers Ferrari and Fiat Chrysler are in talks with the nation's biggest ventilator manufacturer to help to boost production of the life-saving machines that are urgently needed in the coronavirus crisis, company officials said on Thursday.
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WHO working to ensure supplies of diagnostics, protective gear - Tedros
The World Health Organization (WHO) is finalizing arrangements for Chinese suppliers to export protective gear for health workers and aims to build a "continuous pipeline", WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday.
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Coronavirus to have short-lived drastic impact on Armenian economy: minister
The spread of the coronavirus will have a short-lived, drastic impact on Armenia's economy, Economy Minister Tigran Khachatryan said on Thursday.
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Israel approves generic HIV drug to treat COVID-19 despite doubts
Israel approved the licensing of a generic version of an HIV drug to treat patients infected with the coronavirus on Thursday, despite doubts about its effectiveness in trials.
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Rich world pumps aid to fight coronavirus, epicenter Europe reels
The world's wealthiest nations poured unprecedented aid into the traumatized global economy on Thursday as coronavirus cases ballooned in the current epicenter Europe even as they waned at the pandemic's point of origin, China.
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Bayer donates three million malaria tablets to U.S. for potential use against coronavirus
Bayer AG said on Thursday it has donated 3 million tablets of the malaria drug Resochin to the U.S. government for potential use to treat COVID-19.
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