World Health Organization holds a news conference on the coronavirus pandemic – 5/6/2020

The World Health Organization is holding a briefing Wednesday on the coronavirus, which has infected more than 3.6 million people worldwide and killed at least 257,818, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. On Monday, the World Health Organization said it will speak with the U.S. government and Gilead Sciences on how antiviral drug remdesivir could be made more widely available to treat Covid-19 as data emerges of its effectiveness.

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World Health Organization holds a news conference on the coronavirus pandemic – 5/6/2020