
Over 1.5 Million Coronavirus Cases Confirmed Worldwide, Nearly Tripling in Two Weeks
While Spain and Italy have reported some of the highest number of cases, both nations have also recently seen a slight decline in the number of new infections.
While Spain and Italy have reported some of the highest number of cases, both nations have also recently seen a slight decline in the number of new infections.
The U.S. military is confronting the spreading coronavirus epidemic, with cases in 41 states and more than 100 bases.
"We have to be prepared that when the infections start to rear their heads again that we have in place a very aggressive and effective way to identify, isolate, contact trace," Dr. Anthony Fauci said.
The death count in the U.S. is poised to overtake that of Italy, which has reported nearly 17,700 fatalities to date, within the next few days.
Hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 cases have been confirmed since the outbreak started in late 2019, according to Johns Hopkins University.
"We are going in the right direction and we must not change our strategy in the least. The return to normality will be a gradual process," said top Italian health official Franco Locatelli.
While there have reportedly been almost twice as many recoveries as deaths so far in the country, the official number of recovered patients has yet to be released by the CDC.
From giants such Johnson & Johnson to smaller biotechs such as Inovio, more than a dozen companies are working to find a vaccine or treatment for the coronavirus pandemic.
As cases continue to soar in the country, a U.S. health expert on the COVID-19 task force, Dr. Anthony Fauci, warns up to 200,000 Americans could die from the virus.
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.