N.Y. Deaths Slowing; Gilead to Use Drug This Week: Virus Update

N.Y. Deaths Slowing; Gilead to Use Drug This Week: Virus Update

(Bloomberg) -- New York had the fewest daily deaths in more than a month as hospital admissions dropped. Fatalities slowed in the U.K. and Italy as leaders wrestle with easing economy-choking restrictions without sparking new infections.Gilead Sciences Inc. will get its antiviral drug remdesivir to patients as soon as this week. Spain recorded the fewest deaths in more than six weeks. Russia had more than 10,000 new cases, the most since the outbreak began.U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo reignited debate on the outbreak’s origin, saying “enormous evidence” points to a laboratory in Wuhan, China.Key DevelopmentsVirus Tracker: global cases near 3.5 million; deaths top 244,000Roche antibody test gets FDA emergency-use approvalEurope’s declining virus deaths spur tensions on easing limitsCovid exit strategy needs a worldwide vaccineOne U.K. shopkeeper knows why the rescue fell flatBuffett says Berkshire reverses course on airlinesBeating the virus in a crowded Brazilian favelaSubscribe to a daily update on...