Monitoring Desk:
The cases of novel coronavirus have passed 3.3 Million people across the globe. The virus has so far killed 227,000 globally, the Johns Hopkins University’s data revealed.
US
The US has confirmed over 1 Million people so far with 61,000 death so far. At least 31 US states will partially reopen by the end of the week. Other countries are also gradually loosening restrictions, including France, Switzerland, Greece, India and China.
The European Union economy shrank 3.5% in the first quarter of 2020 — the worst quarterly drop since the EU started collecting the data in 1995.
WHO warning: The World Health Organization warned on Thursday that Europe remains “very much in the grip of this pandemic,” accounting for 46% of cases, and 63% of deaths globally.
Vaccine possible by January 2021 in the US
The Trump administration’s program to accelerate the development of a potential coronavirus vaccine, called “Operation Warp Speed,” has the goal to manufacture hundreds of millions of doses by January — which is in the realm of possibility, according to the nation’s top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci.
In a Thursday morning appearance on the Today Show, Fauci said that he is part of the team involved in that project.
Data were taken from CNN.Com
