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In the category of: Lockdown
All of Italy is in lockdown as coronavirus cases rise
In the category of: Big bucks
Gates Foundation spearheads $125 million drive to develop a coronavirus drug
As part of a $100 million commitment to the global COVID-19 response, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Tuesday a collaboration to speed development of treatments for the new coronavirus that has infected more than 100,000 people worldwide — and killed nearly 4,000.
The Seattle-based foundation’s $50 million contribution will be combined with $50 million from Wellcome, a major British health philanthropy, and $25 million from Mastercard’s Impact Fund, a philanthropy focused on economic growth.
In the category of: Personal time
Mark Meadows To Self-Quarantine After Potential Contact With Coronavirus Patient
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), the incoming White House chief of staff, said Monday he would self-quarantine after potentially coming into contact with a person diagnosed with COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, according to media reports.
Meadows’s office could not be immediately reached for comment.
Meadows was told this weekend he “may have come in contact” with a person who tested positive for the coronavirus at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, last month, The Washington Post reported. The lawmaker reportedly tested negative for the virus and has no symptoms, and his representative told the Post that he would remain in isolation until Wednesday.
Four other Republican lawmakers, Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Reps. Matt Gaetz (Fla.). Paul Gosar (Ariz.) and Doug Collins (Ga.), also attended CPAC and interacted with the infected person. Two of those, Gaetz and Collins, also interacted directly with the president, and Gaetz rode on Air Force One with Trump on Monday.
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