US President Donald Trump has been given a dose of an experimental antibody drug manufactured by giant biopharma firm Regeneron, which has a major plant at Limerick, where it employs over 1,000 people.

The White House announced last night that President Trump had been given a single 8g dose of Regeneron's antibody cocktail REGN-COV2, before he was moved to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in Maryland.

The antibody is being manufactured at its New York facility, but the company announced last month that it was creating an additional 400 jobs at its Limerick campus to allow the company to maximise its capacity at its NY plant, and change how some of its operations work in light of the Covid pandemic.

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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is being forced to play Electoral College defense with a trip to Iowa, a state he won handily in 2016 but where Democrat Joe Biden is making a late push.Trump's heavy travel this week, including his rally Wednesday in Des Moines, reflects his uphill climb three weeks before the election.

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Coronavirus: Trump claims individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 are ‘now immune’

Curing a rally in Johnstown, Pa., on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the COVID-19 pandemic less than two weeks after announcing he tested positive for the virus, saying he is “immune” and telling “everyone fighting to recover” that they are “right now immune” as well.

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Trump’s new claims on coronavirus immunity are ‘extremely dangerous,’ experts say

Donald Trump is now pushing a new message: that he’s become immune to the novel coronavirus, and so is everyone else who’s contracted it.But health experts say that kind of message is dangerous — not only because there’s not enough scientific data to support it, but because it’s another example of the president downplaying the severity of the pandemic. Cases of coronavirus reinfection raise concerns over immunity Trump began touting his immunity over the weekend, after his physician Dr.

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Trump's handling of Covid-19 pandemic 'erratic' just like his presidency: Biden

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'Veep' Creator Armando Iannucci Compares Trump COVID-19 Diagnosis to 'Death of Stalin,' 'Chernobyl'

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Donald Trump felt like 'Superman' after coronavirus treatment 'whatever the hell it was'

Donald Trump said he felt like "Superman" after receiving treatment for coronavirus, "whatever the hell it was".

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Trump makes water demand of farms priority for new office

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Trump lawyers ask Supreme Court to halt tax record turnover

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Trump, Biden trips illustrate Electoral College calculations

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'Veep' creator mocks Donald Trump's coronavirus recovery, compares updates to dictator tactics

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‘Illegitimate committee process’: Biden, Harris target Trump Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett

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Trump, Republicans increase attacks on Harris as Biden’s lead grows in polls

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Supreme Court won't revive Trump case brought by Democrats

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President Trump to hold rally in Ocala

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Donald Trump says he's 'immune' to coronavirus and offers to kiss thousands of his fans

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Trump intensifies focus on Harris in final weeks of campaign

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Trump returns to campaigning after COVID-19 diagnosis

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Trump, Biden try to line up by Fauci as they court voters

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Donald Trump tests negative for Covid-19, says physician

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Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Monday for the first time since contracting the coronavirus as he tries to stage a late comeback in the election’s final stretch.Trump, whose doctor said Monday for the first time that he had received a negative test for COVID-19, faces a stubborn deficit in national and battleground state polling. He will be headlining a rally in Sanford, Florida — the first stop in a busy week that will include events in Pennsylvania, Iowa, North Carolina and Wisconsin.The robust schedule underscores the work Trump needs to do as he tries to win over voters just three weeks before Election Day.

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Trump tests negative for coronavirus, according to White House physician

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Trump vs. Biden: Where they stand on health, economy, more

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Amy Coney Barrett: Confirmation hearings begin for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee

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COMMENTARY: Treating VIP patients like Donald Trump can be a challenge for healthcare workers

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Fauci says comments in Trump campaign ad 'taken out of context'

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on June 30, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

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AstraZeneca’s covid antibody drug moves into advanced trials

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2020 Watch: Is it too late for Trump to turn things around?

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President Trump says he might hold weekend rallies in Florida, Pennsylvania

US President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at the White House wearing a facemask upon his return from Walter Reed Medical Center, where he underwent treatment for Covid-19, in Washington, DC, on October 5, 2020. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP) (Pho LAKE MARY, Fla. - Just a week after his hospitalization for the coronavirus, President Donald Trump appears to be ready to return to the campaign trail.During an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity on Thursday night, Trump announced that he is in “great shape” and will likely take a COVID-19 test on Friday.

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Trump's task: Resetting campaign that GOP fears is slipping

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is running out of time to recover from a series of self-inflicted setbacks that have rattled his base of support and triggered alarm among Republicans who fear the White House is on the verge of being lost to Democrat Joe Biden.The one-two punch of Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis and his widely panned debate performance also has Republicans worried they could lose control of the Senate.

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Fauci says he didn’t agree to be in Trump campaign ad

Anthony Fauci said on Sunday he had not agreed to be featured in an ad by President Donald Trump‘s re-election campaign and that his comments were taken out of context. Keeping Canada, U.S.

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Ridiculously Misleading Trump Campaign Ad On Coronavirus Response Misquotes Fauci — And The Doctor Is Pissed!

Poor Dr. Anthony Fauci.

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Twitter flags 'misleading' Donald Trump tweet after he says he's 'immune' from Covid-19

Twitter has flagged a Donald Trump tweet as 'misleading' after he claimed he is 'immune' from coronavirus.

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Trump says he has fully recovered from Covid-19

US President Donald Trump has said he has fully recovered from Covid-19 and is not an infection risk for others, freeing him to return to holding big campaign rallies during the final weeks of the race for the White House.

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Trump to return to campaign trail, claims he’s ‘immune’ to coronavirus

Donald Trump on Sunday declared he was healthy enough to return to the campaign trail, a day after the White House doctor said he was no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus but did not say explicitly whether Trump had tested negative for it. Trump no longer considered ‘transmission risk’ in spreading coronavirus, doctor says Trump, who was poised Monday to host his first rally after his COVID-19 diagnosis, declared he was now “immune” from the virus, a claim that was impossible to prove and comes amid a series of outstanding questions about the president’s health.“I’m immune,” Trump said in an interview on Fox News.

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Trump insists he's free of virus, ready for campaign trail

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Sunday declared he was healthy enough to return to the campaign trail, a day after the White House doctor said he was no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus but did not say explicitly whether Trump had tested negative for it.Trump, who was poised Monday to host his first rally after his COVID-19 diagnosis, declared he was now “immune" from the virus, a claim that was impossible to prove and comes amid a series of outstanding questions about the president's health. “I’m immune," Trump said in an interview on Fox News.

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Donald Trump claims he's immune from Coronavirus and now has a 'protective glow'

Donald Trump sensationally claimed he is immune from the Coronavirus and denies he is a transmission risk ahead of his return to campaigning.

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'I'm immune': Donald Trump insists he's free of coronavirus

WASHINGTON : President Donald Trump on Sunday declared he was healthy enough to return to the campaign trail, a day after the White House doctor said he was no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus but did not say explicitly whether Trump had tested negative for it.Trump, who was poised Monday to host his first rally after his COVID-19 diagnosis, declared he was now “immune" from the virus, a claim that was impossible to prove and comes amid a series of outstanding questions about the president's health.“I’m immune," Trump said in an interview on Fox News. “The president is in very good shape to fight the battles."In a memo released Saturday night by the White House, Navy Cmdr.

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Biden hits Trump on economic fallout amid COVID-19 pandemic in critical Pennsylvania county

FILE - Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden arrives to speak after touring a plumbers union training center in Erie, Pennsylvania on October 10, 2020.

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Trump wanted 'to rip open shirt to reveal Superman t-shirt to prove he's over Covid-19'

President Donald Trump wanted to surprise fans when leaving hospital by ripping open his shirt to reveal a Superman t-shirt in a bizarre show of strength after his coronavirus diagnosis.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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