All Coronavirus patients in Wuhan hospitals have been discharged, Chinese officials said Sunday. The contagion spread to the rest of the world. Most of the globe is currently on lockdown in an effort to curb the spread of the virus.
New Yorkers will soon be able to go to their local pharmacies for COVID-19 testing, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday.
Cuomo said 5,000 pharmacies will be allowed to conduct the tests, with the goal of carrying out 40,000 tests each day.
In addition, front line health care workers at four New York City hospitals will receive antibody testing for the virus, the governor said.
New York is the epicenter of the virus outbreak in United States. The virus death toll in New York City represents about a third of the country’s nearly 54,000 fatalities.
The World Health Organization warned Saturday there is “no evidence” that recovered COVID-19 patients with antibodies are immune to a second coronavirus infection.
The WHO issued the warning in a scientific brief as it confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide topped 2.8 million. Worldwide fatalities have now exceeded 200,000, according to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. Johns Hopkins said early Sunday the global death tally was 203,043.
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“Some governments have suggested that the detection of antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, could serve as the basis for an ‘immunity passport’ or ‘risk-free certificate’ that would enable individuals to travel or to return to work assuming that they are protected against re-infection,” the WHO said.”There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection,” it added.
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