Scientists still have a way to go to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. 'We are at least a year away,' he told ABC News' GStephanopoulos.
China reports lowest number of new cases since lockdown.Here's the breakdown on this developing situation. All times are Eastern.Scientists still have a ways to go to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.Health officials could know"within a period of a few months" whether any developed therapeutics work in fighting the illness, he said.
China's National Health Commission said it recorded 125 new cases of confirmed infections on Monday. The death rate also appeared to be stabilizing over the past few days, with 31 new fatalities recorded Monday -- all in Hubei province, which includes Wuhan. Zhejiang province reported eight imported cases from Italy on Monday, all traced to a Chinese restaurant in the Italian city of Bergamo, officials said.
At least 28 people have died so far, according to South Korea's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The crisis in Daegu and North Gyeongsang province reached its peak and the whole country has entered a war against the infectious disease,” Moon said at a press conference Tuesday.Ukraine has confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus, Ihor Kuzin, the acting head of the Ukrainian health ministry's Public Health Center, told ABC News on Tuesday.
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