Brazilian President Bolsonaro Rejects Calls for Coronavirus Lockdown, Says 'We're All Going to Die One Day'
Bolsonaro has repeatedly dismissed the coronavirus as a "little cold" and urged residents to keep the country's economy going.
Bolsonaro has repeatedly dismissed the coronavirus as a "little cold" and urged residents to keep the country's economy going.
"What I see on a daily basis is pain, despair, suffering and health care disparities," Brooklyn doctor Arabia Mollette said.
The research involved 16 COVID-19 patients in China.
The 44-year-old's spleen was found to weigh almost 27 pounds.
The documents are part of a research project being conducted at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig, which will conduct blood tests in the general public for antibodies produced against the virus.
Nearly 90 percent of China's confirmed cases have seen recoveries, while more than half of South Korea's confirmed infected population has recovered.
Announcement comes after FDA commissioner cautioned chloroquine needs to be studied in a clinical trial when President Donald Trump touted it as a potential COVID-19 treatment.
"We need to get a handle on the spread otherwise we're going to be in the same situation as Italy, and that's not so far off," Dr. Nicole Saphier cautioned.
"I don't know where the federal government was. We should have been doing this, you know, eight weeks ago," Ned Lamont said.
"We look like we got caught by surprise and we're always playing catch-up," New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said.
The concept of "convalescent plasma" originated in the early 20th century and has been used to treat outbreaks of measles and mumps.
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There is currently no vaccine or treatment available for the virus which has killed over 6,500 people according to Johns Hopkins University.
The Louisiana governor first tweeted the LSU coach's PSA, which drew praise across Twitter. Then sadly, two hours later, the governor tweeted of his state's first death from coronavirus.
"We will overcome the threat of the virus," Trump said in a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House.