NBC 5 May 17th COVID-19 Report
More states around the country are set to ease restrictions this week, but health officials doubled down on the dangers of mass gatherings. Moving too quickly could have dire consequences, they say. For instance, in California, more than 180 people may have been exposed by a person who had the virus during an in-person religious service last week. As of this morning, in the U.S. more than 1,467,800 people have been infected with the virus and at least 88,754 have died.
Here’s what else you need to know about COVID-19 around the world:
• Spraying disinfectants outside or across broad spaces indoors to try to kill coronavirus can do more harm than good, the World Health Organization said.
• Health authorities in Canada approved the country’s first clinical trial for a COVID-19 vaccine.
• The FDA announced it authorized an “at-home sample collection kit … for COVID-19 diagnostic testing.”
Posted: May 17th, 2020 under Heathcare News.