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"Social distancing will be with us through the summer to really ensure that we protect one another as we move through these phases," Birx said.

China reported 11 new confirmed cases in the country and no additional deaths as of April 25, according to its National Health Commission.

The novel coronavirus has infected more than 2.8 million people globally and killed at least 201,502 as of Saturday.

"There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from Covid-19 and have antibodies are protected," said the WHO.

On April 1, Singapore had just around 1,000 cases, but in less than a month, it has spiked to more than 10,000. The majority of the explosion in cases has been attributed to its migrant worker population.

Covid-19 has infected 2.7 million people around the world as of Friday, killing at least 195,920 people.

The agency also said it became aware of reports of "serious heart rhythm problems" in patients with the virus who were treated with the malaria drugs, often in combination with antibiotic azithromycin, commonly known as a Z-Pak.

Scientists say the findings should "serve to curb the exuberant use" of the drug, which has been touted by President Trump as a potential "game changer" in the fight against the coronavirus.

From the beginning of January to when the U.S. closed its borders in March, approximately 13,000 flights from Europe landed in New York and New Jersey airports carrying more than 2.2 million people, Cuomo said.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is holding his daily press conference on the Covid-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 100,000 people in the state as of Friday.

Consuming disinfectants can even be fatal, former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding his daily press conference on the Covid-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 263,400 people across the state as of Friday.

On Thursday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo released the preliminary results of a statewide coronavirus antibody study, which estimated 13.9% of the New Yorkers have likely had Covid-19 already.

WHO officials are holding a press conference to announce a collaboration to accelerate the development, production and equitable distribution of vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics for Covid-19.

Airlines in the Asia Pacific are expected to see a 50% fall in passenger demand for the year compared to 2019, IATA says.

The coronavirus has spread to 185 countries and territories — infecting more than 2.7 million people and killing over 190,000 globally, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The Financial Times reported overnight — citing documents accidentally published by the World Health Organization — that Gilead Sciences' drug remdesivir did not improve coronavirus patients' condition.

The number of new coronavirus cases in U.S., Spain and Italy may have peaked, but it's still "extremely high" compared that in South Korea and China, said Cedric Chehab, head of country risk and global strategy at Fitch Solutions.

Covid-19 has infected more than 2.7 million people around the world as of Thursday, killing at least 190,303 people.

The administration is now also calling on states to resume elective surgeries, which were largely suspended as health systems sought to boost capacity for an expected surge of Covid-19 patients, Pence announced.