The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 topped 10 million around the world and the death toll surpassed a half million over the weekend, and Florida, South Carolina and Nevada all recorded their highest number of new infections in a single day.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases, told CNN that the U.S. is unlikely to develop herd immunity to the illness, because of the expected combination of a vaccine being only partially effective and the large number of Americans who are unlikely to be vaccinated.
Read now:Letter from Arizona: Hospitals grapple with a surge in coronavirus cases, while life outside continues as normal The U.S. continues to lead the world, with a case tally of 2.55 million and death toll of 125,808, more than double the 1.34 million cases and 57,622 deaths recorded in the next highest center, Brazil.Russia is third measured by cases at 640,246, followed by India with 548,318 and the U.K. with 312,653. The U.K. has 43,634 fatalities, the highest in Europe and third highest in the world.
“There is no playbook for how to price a new medicine in a pandemic,” Gilead CEO Daniel O’Day said in a statement. The price of $2,340 applies to all developed countries, a decision aimed at removing “the need for country by country negotiations on price,” O’Day said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cautioned that congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting and diarrhea could be symptoms of COVID-19, adding to the list that includes fever, cough and shortness of breath, chills, a sore throat and loss of taste or smell, among others.
Chesapeake filed for bankruptcy protection late Sunday, a move that was widely expected. The company, which was co-founded in 1989 by the late Aubrey McClendon, was one of the first to recognize that horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing could unlock vast troves of natural gas, a trend that led to a rebirth of American fossil-fuel output and eventually made the U.S. the top oil producer in the world.
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