COVID–19 Headlines April 18, 2020

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7 pm EST update. An increase of 35,772 cases and 2,551 deaths. Case fatality rate still going up at 6.86%

Contamination at CDC lab may have caused delays in rolling out coronavirus testing early on

Contamination in manufacturing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s test for coronavirus caused weeks of delays that slowed the US response to the pandemic, multiple health officials told CNN.

The problem stemmed in part from the CDC not adhering to its own protocols, a Food and Drug Administration spokesperson said on Saturday.

“[The] CDC made its test in one of its laboratories, rather than in its manufacturing facilities. CDC did not manufacture its test consistent with its own protocol,” the spokesperson said.

Infectious disease doctor says US needs more testing to get “on top” of coronavirus

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Vietnam: Prevention is better than cure

Zero Death and only 267 Covid-19 in Vietnam. Here’s why.

Virus ‘growth is slowing’ in Illinois despite more than 1,500 new cases reported, state health director says

Spain to extend ‘state of alarm’ until early May

China ups coronavirus death toll

Rwanda uses drones to help catch lockdown transgressors

Coronavirus is having a “disproportionate” impact on ethnic communities in the UK, data shows

Doctors criticize UK government over coronavirus protection shortages

12 noon EST update. An increase of 15,874 cases and 1,454 deaths.

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Workplaces after coronavirus: fewer meetings, no handshakes, more masks and not coming in when ill

Racial toll of virus grows even starker as more data emerges

Britain’s coronavirus death toll nears 15,500

Japan coronavirus infections top 9,000

Coronavirus: others will revise death tolls like China, World Health Organisation says

States grapple with timing of reopening as COVID-19 deaths spike

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Coronavirus: US wants to enter Wuhan virology lab, and Trump questions China death toll

Hundreds of recent deaths in New York nursing homes linked to coronavirus

White House insists US has ‘sufficient’ testing capacity to reopen amid widespread criticism

Coronavirus: drugs including remdesivir may prove effective before vaccine is available, South Korean expert says

Australia sees 3 new coronavirus deaths as govt urges app installation

6 am EST. An increase of 24,817 cases and 1,307 deaths since 7 pm last night. Case fatality rate of 6.84%

Coronavirus: Hong Kong health experts call for mandatory testing at air and land borders to expand beyond US, European arrivals

Coronavirus: China outbreak city Wuhan raises death toll by 50%

Nigerian president’s chief of staff dies from coronavirus: presidency spokesman

Hundreds gather to protest stay-at-home order in Huntington Beach

Coronavirus latest: parts of US unveil first moves to ease lockdowns, as worldwide deaths cross 151,000

Philippines stops health workers from leaving country

Death of 42-year-old in Australia shows coronavirus is not an ‘old person’s disease’, say health authorities

China’s economy in worst downturn since ’60s in virus battle

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As coronavirus infections mount, Japan at last expands testing

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