{"id":26246,"date":"2020-08-05T13:52:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T13:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=26246"},"modified":"2020-08-05T13:52:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T13:52:35","slug":"global-covid-19-death-toll-surpasses-700000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=26246","title":{"rendered":"Global COVID-19 death toll surpasses 700,000"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The global death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has surpassed 700,000 with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico leading other countries across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest figures were obtained from the Johns Hopkins University and Reuters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 According to Reuters, COVID-19<\/a> data from the past two weeks revealed that nearly 5,900 people are dying every 24 hours in various countries across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0The US and Latin America nations are the new epicenters of the pandemic and both are struggling to curb the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of state attorneys general has urged the US government to allow other companies to make Gilead Sciences\u2019 COVID-19 treatment, Remdesivir, to increase its availability and lower the price of the antiviral drug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The coalition of more than 30 state attorneys general implored the government to act or allow states to do so, saying in a letter to US health agencies that Gilead \u201chas not established a reasonable price\u201d for the antiviral drug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGilead should not profit from the pandemic and it should be pushed to do more to help more people,\u201d they said in the letter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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