remdesivir, a drug that’s proven effective for severely ill patients of the novel coronavirus — leaving hardly any for Canada and the rest of the world.The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Monday it has secured more than 500,000 treatment courses of the drug from its sole manufacturer Gilead Sciences for American hospitals through September.

Each treatment course uses an average of over six vials of the drug. Coronavirus drug remdesivir to cost $2,340 per patient in the U.S.

According to a news release, the buyout represents 100 per cent of Gilead’s projected production for July, 90 per cent of August’s production, and 90 per cent of production through September.

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CDC: No rewriting of guidelines for reopening schools

WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite President Donald Trump's sharp criticism, federal guidelines for reopening schools are not being revised, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.Dr. Robert Redfield said the agency would be issuing “additional reference documents” for parents and schools to facilitate the reopening and deal with safety concerns in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Top health official in Tulsa says Trump rally likely ‘contributed’ to COVID-19 spike

The health director for Tulsa, Oklahoma said on Wednesday that the rally held by President Donald Trump in the city about two weeks ago likely “contributed” to a recent spike in cases of COVID-19.

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Coronavirus: U.S. schools can only reopen if bars, gyms stay closed, experts say

Donald Trump insists that schools reopen this fall. Many parents, educators, doctors and economists want the same thing.

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Trump's Tulsa rally may have caused Covid-19 spike: US health official

Donald Trump in Tulsa, Oklahoma, last month likely contributed to a rise in the number of coronavirus cases there, a top local health official said on Wednesday.Tulsa has confirmed hundreds of new cases of COVID-19 over the past two days, said Dr. Bruce Dart, health director for the city and county.Asked by a reporter if Trump's campaign event at the Bank of Oklahoma Center on June 20 could be responsible for that surge, he said: "In the past few days, we've had almost 500 cases.

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Coronavirus: U.S. sets single-day record with 60,000 new cases of COVID-19

United States reported more than 60,000 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the biggest increase ever reported by a country in a single day, according to a Reuters tally.The United States faces a bleak summer with record-breaking infections and many states forced to close parts of the economy again, leaving some workers without a paycheck. Trump’s Tulsa rally ‘more than likely’ behind new coronavirus surge: health official In addition to nearly 10,000 new cases in Florida, Texas reported over 9,500 cases and California reported more than 8,500 new infections.

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Bolton calls Trump 'Dangerous', says Biden would, at best, be 'four more years of Obama"

LOS ANGELES - "I think he’s dangerous."That’s how Ambassador John Bolton described President Donald Trump during an exclusive interview with FOX 11’s Elex Michaelson for The Issue Is.Bolton, who served for 17 months as Trump’s National Security Advisor, is currently making the press rounds as he promotes his tell-all book, "The Room Where it Happened."“If possible, he’s even more uninhibited in his behavior [than people think],” Bolton said of the President, adding that part of the difficulty was "keeping him on track to achieve objectives that he says he wants to achieve."Beyond President Trump, his book also pulls the curtain back on his interactions with other members of the administration, as well as leaders around the globe.Michaelson

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Coronavirus: Trump threatens to withhold federal funding if schools don’t reopen in fall

Trump pushes state, local leaders to reopen U.S. schools in the fall amid COVID-19 He did not immediately say what funding he would cut off or under what authority.Trump made the comments a day after launching an all-out effort pressing state and local officials to reopen the nation’s schools and colleges this fall.

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Kanye West reveals he tested positive for COVID 19 in February, recalls he was 'shaking in bed'

Rapper Kanye West seems to be in the mood to deliver one shocking news after another. After announcing his intentions to run for the presidential elections, the rapper has now revealed that he had tested positive for the deadly coronavirus in late February.

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Kanye West Says He Had COVID-19 and No Longer Supports President Donald Trump in New Interview

Kanye West insists he's very serious about running for president in 2020. The 43-year-old rapper and clothing designer speaks with and opens up about politics, his beliefs, and his past support of President Donald Trump. “I am taking the red hat off, with this interview,” says West, who has publicly worn a red «Make America Great Again» hat and visited Trump for a public meeting at the White House. “One of the main reasons I wore the red hat as a protest to the segregation of votes in the Black community.

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Trump says Americans can expect another round of coronavirus stimulus payments

WASHINGTON - Speaking at the White House during an interview, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Americans can look forward to another round of stimulus checks before the end of the year. “We are working on another stimulus package, and that will take place… very soon,” Trump said.The president declined to provide a specific date or amount for any potential future stimulus payments to Americans hard-hit by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Last month, Trump hinted at the possibility of Americans receiving a second coronavirus stimulus check, saying that the additional stimulus money would be “very generous.”Trump did not say how much money Americans could see. "You'll find out about it," he said.

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Trump says he’s ‘flexible’ on size of Republican convention amid COVID-19

coronavirus cases surging in Florida, U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s “flexible” on the size of the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville.The president spoke as a growing number of Senate Republicans said they’d skip the event, and even as the White House tried to tamp down nationwide concern about the virus’s spread.Asked in an interview Tuesday whether he’d want to limit the gathering if the state’s coronavirus cases continue to rise, Trump replied that the decision “really depends on the timing.” Trump pushes state, local leaders to reopen U.S.

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Trump pushes state, local leaders to reopen U.S. schools in the fall amid COVID-19

Donald Trump on Tuesday launched an all-out effort pressing state and local officials to reopen schools this fall, arguing that some are keeping schools closed not because of the risks from the coronavirus pandemic but for political reasons.“They think it’s going to be good for them politically, so they keep the schools closed,” Trump said at a White House discussion on school plans for the fall. “No way.

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Trump administration notifies UN of withdrawal from World Health Organization amid COVID-19 pandemic

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, although the pullout won’t take effect until next year, meaning it could be rescinded under a new administration or if circumstances change. Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, said he would reverse the decision on his first day in office if elected.The withdrawal notification makes good on President Donald Trump’s vow in late May to terminate U.S.

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Coronavirus: Trump says U.S. won’t close again, will ‘put out fires’

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that they “did it right” in terms of how the administration responded to COVID-19, and said with the country reopening, it would stay open and not close again.

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Coronavirus: Trump says reopening of schools ‘very important’ for country

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Kanye West, Hollywood production companies among those on pandemic loan list

Kanye West’s Yeezy company, Hollywood production companies and a law firm who has defended President Donald Trump were among those on the list of those who received funding from the Paycheck Protection Program enacted in April to assist small businesses and keep their employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Trump administration informs Congress it is officially withdrawing US from WHO amid COVID-19 pandemic

WASHINGTON - The White House formally notified Congress on Tuesday that the Trump administration is moving forward with cutting ties with the World Health Organization amid the global coronavirus pandemic.Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Tuesday on Twitter that Congress received word of the official withdrawal.

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DeVos rejects part-time reopening for schools amid pandemic

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Florida teen dies of COVID-19 after maskless church party, taking Trump-touted drugs

COVID-19 attended a large church party without a mask just a few weeks earlier, then took unproven drugs touted by U.S. President Donald Trump before her parents brought her to a hospital, according to a newly-released medical examiner’s report.Carsyn Leigh Davis, 17, died on June 23 after a lifetime of battling various medical challenges, including cancer and a rare autoimmune disorder that contributed to her death, according to the Miami-Dade County medical examiner’s report.

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Trump donors among the first U.S. companies awarded with coronavirus relief loans

coronavirus aid was awarded to more than 100 companies that are owned or operated by major donors to U.S. President Donald Trump’s election efforts, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal data.Many were among the first to be approved for a loan in early April, when the administration was struggling to launch the lending program.

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International students must leave U.S. if classes delivered online, ICE says

Will students return to campus next year? Probably not, experts say Post-secondary students feeling impacts of COVID-19 academically, financially Students are taking a gap year because of COVID-19: ‘It won’t be a normal first year’ Fall classes will mostly be done online amid COVID-19, some Canadian universities say

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Brazil's President Bolsonaro says he will be tested for Covid-19

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Coronavirus: NY Gov. Cuomo calls on Trump to stop ‘enabling’ COVID-19

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Coronavirus: WH press secretary denies Trump downplaying COVID-19 severity

On Monday, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany denied that U.S. President Donald Trump was downplaying the severity of the coronavirus, when he claimed that 99 per cent of cases are harmless.

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Coronavirus: WH press secretary touts Trump administration for ‘very low’ U.S. COVID-19 mortality rate

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Monday that President Donald Trump’s statement that 99 per cent of COVID-19 cases were “harmless” was “rooted in science” because his administration has succeeded in keeping the country’s coronavirus mortality rate “very low.”

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New York’s Cuomo blasts Trump for ‘enabling’ coronavirus as 130,000 die in the U.S.

coronavirus cases surge and deaths topped 130,000, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo harshly criticized the White House’s COVID-19 response on Monday, accusing President Donald Trump of “enabling” the virus and downplaying its threat.Infections are on the rise in 39 states, according to a Reuters tally, and 16 states have posted record daily case counts in July. The surge has prompted many local leaders to slow or roll back economic reopenings despite Trump’s insistence that the epidemic is being handled.At a news conference on Monday, Cuomo, a Democrat who has clashed with the president over his efforts to tackle the health crisis, said Trump was “enabling” the virus if he failed to address the severity of the situation.

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U.S. holiday weekend could further fuel COVID-19 outbreak

With over 2.8 million cases throughout the country, the U.S. still has the most COVID-19 infections in the world.

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Coronavirus: U.S. holiday could fuel COVID-19 outbreak, experts warn

United States has dipped under 50,000 new daily infections for the first time in four days, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, but experts fear celebrations for the July 4th weekend will act like rocket fuel for the nation’s surging coronavirus outbreak.Johns Hopkins on Sunday counted 45,300 new coronavirus infections reported Saturday in the U.S. after three days in which the daily count reached as high as 54,500 new cases.

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July 4th celebrations spark controversy amid COVID-19 pandemic

U.S. President Donald Trump is ignoring health officials pleas for Americans to take precautions this Independence Day, as COVID-19 cases continue to surge in dozens of states.

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President Donald Trump playing politics with the pandemic: experts

coronavirus, which would become commonly known as COVID-19 — the name of the disease caused by the virus.Since then, a health crisis not seen in more than a century has become more and more politicized.American cities and states have been forced to grapple with a constant unknown — exactly when this virus is going to spike or subside, leaving businesses, lawmakers and residents to approach each situation in one of two ways: with caution or defiance.

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July 4th military flyovers go over Philadelphia, 4 other cities

PHILADELPHIA - President Donald Trump's July Fourth celebration featured an extensive U.S. military air show over Washington, D.C., but four other cities saw get mini-versions of the air power display on Saturday,The "Salute to the Great Cities of the American Revolution" featured military flyovers in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore.

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Trump's 'strong wall' to block COVID-19 from China had holes

WASHINGTON : US President Donald Trump has repeatedly credited his February ban on travelers from mainland China as his signature move against the advance of the coronavirus pandemic - a “strong wall" that allowed only US citizens inside, he boasted in May.But Trump's wall was more like a sieve.Exempted were thousands of residents of the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau.

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Donald Trump Holds South Dakota Rally Despite COVID-19 — And Now His Son’s Girlfriend Has Tested Positive!

Donald Trump held yet another political rally on Friday night — this time in South Dakota, at the base of Mount Rushmore.

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Vote-by-mail primary poised to test New Jersey on Tuesday

TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey’s nearly all-mail primary on Tuesday is emerging as a test of the state’s ability to deliver a drama-free election in the face of critical tweets from President Donald Trump and a GOP seeking federal election monitors.Tuesday is the deadline for Democratic and Republican voters to postmark their ballots or deliver them to county boards of elections by 8 p.m. in contests for president, the U.S.

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July 4th military flyovers to go over Philadelphia, 4 other cities

PHILADELPHIA - President Donald Trump's July Fourth celebration will feature an extensive U.S. military air show over Washington, D.C., but four other cities will get mini-versions of the air power display on Saturday,The "Salute to the Great Cities of the American Revolution" will feature military flyovers in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore.

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Trump plans massive fireworks display for July 4 amid COVID-19

Independence Day celebrations amid a spike of coronavirus cases, U.S. President Donald Trump is going big for what he is promising will be a “special evening” in the nation’s capital.Trump is set hold his “Salute for America” celebration Saturday with a speech from the White House South Lawn that he says will celebrate American heritage, a military flyover over Washington, and an enormous fireworks display that is expected to draw thousands to the National Mall.The celebration comes one day after Trump kicked off the holiday weekend by travelling to Mt.

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Coronavirus cases now rising in 40 U.S. states as Texas orders mandatory mask use

U.S. states — Arizona, California, Florida and Texas — reported a combined 25,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases Thursday as the infection curve rose in 40 of the 50 states heading into the July Fourth holiday weekend.With the number of daily confirmed coronavirus cases nationwide climbing past 50,000, an alarming 36 states saw an increase in the percentage of tests coming back positive for the virus.

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Record-setting 50,000 new COVID-19 cases in U.S.

Daily infections of COVID-19 continue to skyrocket in the U.S., with a record-shattering 50,000 new cases in a single day (July 1). As Jackson Proskow reports, the ongoing surge still hasn’t fazed U.S. President Donald Trump.

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US posts largest single-day jump in new COVID-19 cases

President Donald Trump held a White House press briefing today in which he said the 4.8 million jobs added in June prove that the economy is "roaring back" from the impact of COVID-19 and that more signs of the recovery will be apparent before the general election on Nov 3. "This is the largest monthly jobs gain in the history of our country," he said.

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Coronavirus: Trump says U.S. economy is ‘roaring back’ as they ‘put out the flames’ of COVID-19

U.S. President Donald Trump made a last-minute address to the nation from the Briefing Room at the White House Tuesday morning alongside United States Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin.

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Coronavirus: Trump says U.S. has COVID-19 ‘under control’ as total deaths pass 130,000

Speaking to reporters in the White House on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his opinion that the U.S. federal government has COVID-19 “under control” even as multiple states report surging infection rates.

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Trump touts U.S. job gains as coronavirus cases hit record highs

Donald Trump at a press briefing on Thursday celebrated a government report showing the country gained 4.8 million jobs and the unemployment rate dropped to 11.1 per cent last month, even as coronavirus cases surge across the country.Trump took the victory lap as the coronavirus cases spike in states with large economies such as California, Texas and Florida, prompting local governments to once again shutter bars and other businesses where the deadly respiratory disease is thought to spread easily.“Today’s announcement proves that our economy is roaring back,” Trump said, rattling off different sectors that saw job gains according to the monthly report.

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Trump changes tone amid U.S. coronavirus outbreaks: ‘I think masks are good’

Donald Trump said Wednesday he thinks it makes him look like the Lone Ranger — and he likes it.“I’m all for masks. I think masks are good,” Trump told Fox Business in an interview.

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Dr Hilary warns the US heading for 'real trouble' due to obesity amid covid-19 pandemic

Dr Hilary Jones has warned that the US is heading for "real trouble" over the coronavirus pandemic, citing obesity and its citizens not abiding by guidelines.

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Trump promises massive July 4 firework display despite DC’s coronavirus concerns

Donald Trump’s July Fourth celebration on the National Mall will feature one of the largest fireworks displays ever and as many as 300,000 face masks will be given away to those who want them — but despite health concerns from D.C.’s mayor, no one apparently will be required to wear them.Trump made no mention of the masks or of the pandemic overall in a tweet Wednesday on his Independence Day pIans. He thanked corporate donors for supporting “what will, without question, be a special evening.”Special thank you to the @UnitedWarVets, @GrucciFireworks, @Scotts_MGro, and @FedEx — for their support of what will, without question, be a special evening! #Salute2America https://t.co/QmI58d1gcD— Donald J.

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US buys all of world’s remdesivir, preventing other countries from acquiring drug for months

According to The Guardian, the U.S.

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Coronavirus: Trump says he thinks COVID-19 will ‘sort of just disappear. I hope’

U.S. President Donald Trump, who has avoided being seen in public wearing a face covering, said on Wednesday he would wear a mask if he were in close quarters with other people in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

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Trump says he still believes coronavirus will ‘sort of just disappear’

novel coronavirus cases, United States President Donald Trump said he still believes the virus will “just sort of disappear” at some point.“I think we’re going to be very good with the coronavirus. I think at some point that’s going to sort of just disappear, I hope,” he said during an interview on Fox Business on Wednesday.Trump ludicrously claimed to Fox Business just now that "I think we're gonna be very good with the coronavirus.

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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

U.S. buys up worldwide stock of remdesivir, drug seen as potential COVID-19 treatment

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