At a World Health Organization (WHO) media briefing today that began with the director-general's wishes of a full and swift recovery from COVID-19 for US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, officials announced more progress with the COVAX initiative and rapid testing.In other developments, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it is looking into reports of kidney injury in people taking remdesivir, an experimental treatment for COVID-19, and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced the launch of a new centralized lab network to do head-to-head evaluations of COVID-19 vaccine candidates.More COVAX participants, another rapid testThe global COVID-19 total is growing by about 2 million cases each