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COVID 19 AMA: Worldwide Virus-Related Deaths Top 700,000

By AirTalk Staff
Published Aug 5, 2020
Residents maintain social distance while waiting to see a doctor in a clinic of the organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) installed at the December 1 community in Soyapango, El Salvador, on July 30, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. - MSF became the only hope of medical assistance for people who live in areas under the influence of violent gangs in El Salvador, where the state healthcare system does not reach. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP) (Photo by YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
Residents maintain social distance while waiting to see a doctor in a clinic of the organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) installed at the December 1 community in Soyapango, El Salvador, on July 30, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic.
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COVID 19 AMA: Worldwide Virus-Related Deaths Top 700,000

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Shruti Gohil professor of medicine and associate medical director for epidemiology and infection prevention at UC Irvine’s School of Medicine.

Topics today include:

  • California’s test result data may be flawed, says top health official

  • Novavax Phase 1 data shows coronavirus vaccine is safe and elicits an immune response

  • Number of virus-related deaths worldwide tops 700,000

  • L.A. County issues order prohibiting gatherings

  • America is testing more, but survey finds results are too slow.

  • Moderna details coronavirus vaccine price

  • NYC to set up checkpoints for travelers

Guest:

Shruti Gohil, M.D., professor of medicine and associate medical director for epidemiology and infection prevention at UC Irvine’s School of Medicine