PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (298): Al Jazeera, selected countries, WHO, global

COVID-19 — Worldwide/Unknown
USA
The United States has bought nearly all the available global supplies for the next 3 months of anti-viral drug remdesivir, one of 2 drugs that have proven to be effective against COVID-19. The US Department of Health Services (HHS) announced on Monday [29 Jun 2020] it had secured more than 500 000 treatment courses of remdesivir from drugmaker Gilead Sciences for US hospitals until September [2020].
Remdesivir, which is administered intravenously in hospital, is the 1st drug to show