The US-produced Remdesivir medication is unlikely to become a universal solution for eradicating the coronavirus but is still an important part of a drug cocktail to fight the disease, a prominent medicinal chemist and the president-elect of the International Society for Antiviral Research (ISAR), Katherine Seley-Radtke, told Sputnik

Japan is expected to test about 10,000 people for coronavirus antibodies in June to grasp the scale of the pandemic's scope in the nation and to determine if collective immunity is being developed, media reported on Friday, citing Health Minister Katsunobu Kato

The White House is preparing an executive order that will require that the production of essential drugs be transferred to the United States, CNBC reported, citing informed sources

The death toll from the coronavirus infection in the world reached 301,000, over 4.42 million cases of infection were detected, and almost 1.58 million of those patients were cured, according to the US-based Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from federal and local authorities, media and other sources

The conditions inside the US prison in which Russian national Konstantin Yaroshenko is serving his term are inadequate amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the inmates lack protective gear even after several people in the facility have tested positive for the disease, Yaroshenko's wife has told Sputnik

Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Italian company Kedrion, and investment fund FSI are working on a project to treat the coronavirus with drugs based on blood plasma, the RDIF said in a statement

Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Italian company Kedrion, and investment fund FSI are working on a project to treat the coronavirus with drugs based on blood plasma, the RDIF said in a statement

Governments across the world must take measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among prison populations by reducing overcrowding and ensuring that inmates have access to medical facilities, the leaders of four United Nations organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO)'s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said in a joint statement on Wednesday