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Malaysia reports 48 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
Malaysia reported on Saturday 48 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 7,185.
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Philippines reports six coronavirus deaths, 180 more cases
The Philippines on Saturday recorded six additional coronavirus deaths and 180 more infections, the health ministry said.
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Singapore's health ministry confirms 642 more coronavirus cases
Singapore's health ministry said on Saturday it had confirmed 642 more coronavirus cases, taking its tally of infections to 31,068.
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Thailand reports three new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
Thailand on Saturday reported three new coronavirus cases and no new deaths, bringing the country's total to 3,040 confirmed cases and 56 fatalities since the outbreak started in January.
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NIH trial: Gilead's drug works best in COVID patients on oxygen
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Friday said that data from its trial of Gilead Sciences Inc's remdesivir show that the drug offers the most benefit for COVID-19 patients who need extra oxygen but do not require mechanical ventilation.
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Mexico reports another single-day record for coronavirus deaths
Mexico on Friday registered a record for coronavirus deaths on a single day, posting 479 more deaths along with 2,960 new infections, according to data from the health ministry.
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Argentina hits 10,000 coronavirus cases, outpaced by LatAm neighbors
Argentina surpassed 10,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Friday, after recording the highest single-day increase since the start of the pandemic.
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Coronavirus vaccine safe in early trial, hydroxychloroquine may increase death risk
The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.
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South America a new COVID epicenter, Africa reaches 100,000 cases, WHO says
South America has become a new epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic with Brazil hardest-hit, while cases are rising in some African countries that so far have a relatively low death toll, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
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Brazil jumps to world No. 2 in coronavirus cases, behind the U.S.
Brazil became the world No. 2 hotspot for coronavirus cases on Friday, second only to the United States, after it confirmed that 330,890 people had been infected by the virus, overtaking Russia, the Health Ministry said.
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Donated plasma benefits COVID-19 patients in small U.S. study
Patients with severe COVID-19 given plasma from someone who recovered from the disease were more likely to stabilize or need less oxygen support than other similar hospital patients, according to results of a small U.S. study released on Friday.
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Cuba credits two drugs with slashing coronavirus death toll
Communist-run Cuba said this week that use of two drugs produced by its biotech industry that reduce hyper-inflammation in seriously ill COVID-19 patients has sharply curbed its coronavirus-related death toll.
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Mexico says it has avoided coronavirus 'deluge' even as cases mount
Mexico's government said on Friday it had the coronavirus outbreak under control even as the country becomes one of the global hotspots for the pandemic.
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U.S. veterans agency has given hydroxychloroquine to 1,300 coronavirus patients
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has treated 1,300 coronavirus patients with the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which a study has tied to an increased risk of death, according to a document released by a Senate Democrat on Friday.
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Portuguese resort to test all residents ahead of summer season
A popular beach town near Lisbon plans to be the first in Portugal to test all of its 200,000 residents for coronavirus antibodies to try and help them enjoy as normal a summer season as possible despite the crisis.
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Pregnant women with COVID-19 show placenta injury in small study
The placentas of 16 pregnant women found to have COVID-19 during routine testing at a Chicago hospital all showed evidence of injury, indicating that women infected with coronavirus may need close monitoring during pregnancy, researchers said on Friday.
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Drug touted by Trump to treat COVID-19 linked to higher death risk: study
The anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, which U.S. President Donald Trump says he has been taking and has urged others to use, was tied to an increased risk of death in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a large study published on Friday showed.
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Beyond politics, gold-standard COVID-19 trials test malaria drug taken by Trump
In the fight against COVID-19, the decades-old anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine has become a political football, with U.S. President Donald Trump personally taking it and hailing it as a "game changer," to the derision of critics.
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Drug touted by Trump as COVID-19 treatment tied to increased risk of death: study
The malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which U.S. President Donald Trump says he has been taking and has urged others to use, was tied to increased risk of death in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, according to a large study published in the medical journal Lancet.
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U.S. CDC reports 1,571,617 coronavirus cases, 94,150 deaths
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 1,571,617 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 20,522 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 1,089 to 94,150.
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