Covid-19 roundup: Italy death toll officially tops China; US company plans roll out of at-home specimen collection kits
In a first, China reported on Thursday that there were no new locally-transmitted coronavirus cases for the first time since the pandemic began, while President Trump implied treatments to fight the coronavirus scourge were approved and/or just around the corner, only to be politely corrected by FDA chief Stephen Hahn, who underscored data on safety and efficacy were still to come. As of Friday, global cases hit 244,500.
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