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Coronavirus update: NJ eyes next reopen phase; protests, curfews fan fears of COVID spread - Yahoo Finance
Jun 01, 2020 1 min, 7 secs
The global coronavirus pandemic converged on Monday with social unrest roiling the U.S., as hopes for relaxing lockdowns were undercut by raucous protests that prompted several big cities to impose curfews.

Howard Forman, a professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Economics, and Public Health at Yale University, told Yahoo Finance on Monday that he is concerned about a lack of social distancing during the protests, and how it might spark a fresh wave of cases.

announcement that it would withdraw support from the World Health Organization, which fanned concerns about the agency’s ability to manage the pandemic.

WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday that the organization has received several questions about Friday decision by President Donald Trump, who accused the WHO of being too deferential to China at the expense of global health.

He added the U.S.’s generosity over many decades has made a difference in public health globally, and that “it is WHO’s wish for this collaboration to continue.”.

A rallying market has been mollified in part by growing expectations of a public health solution to blunt COVID-19’s impact.

Eli Lilly (LLY) announced Monday it began clinical trials for an antibody treatment co-developed with AbCellera, a Vancouver-based biotech.

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