As the number of worldwide cases of coronavirus infections escalated past half a million people on Friday, Saturday AEDT, a new test promising to deliver positive results in five minutes was approved in the United States.
Nyla Clark, 3, accompanied by her mother, Chavonne Clark, sits in a baby stroller at a corner in New Orleans, US, hoping to get a few dollars from an occasional passerby.While New York remained the worst hit city in the US, Americans braced for worsening conditions elsewhere, with worrisome infection numbers being reported in New Orleans, Chicago and Detroit.
As the new health crisis loomed, economic catastrophe had already arrived in the city, where many already live in poverty and the tourism industry has screeched to a halt. In New York, where there are more than 44,000 cases statewide, the number of people hospitalised with COVID-19 passed 6000, double what it had been three days earlier.
The US enjoys top billing.
They haven't supplied any results over accuracy etc and are avoiding the questions put to them about it Better than nothing? Yes. But reliable? 🤷♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷♀️🤷
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