World, April 19, 2020, 11:30 AM (IST) /Big PRwire/ — Among the top coronavirus outbreak news out today are: China revised Wuhan’s death toll and very early results from a Remdesivir trial show promise. See below for more. For other info: U.S. case counts, coronavirus symptoms, our kids guide, comparison with seasonal flu and treatments in the works.

US coronavirus update: Hundreds protest against lockdown as economic cost grows.

April 19, 2020, 11:10 AM (IST) –

Americans have started protesting against the lockdown with encouragement from President Donald Trump. Hundreds of Americans gathered under a cold rain in Concord, New Hampshire — many on foot while others remained in their cars — to send a message that extended quarantines were not necessary in a state with relatively few confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Remdesivir has beed found effective in Monkeys – Study

April 19, 2020, 10:10 AM (IST) –

Remdesivir, the experimental antiviral drug, has proven effective against COVID-19 in a small experiment involving monkeys, US government scientists reported Friday.

China Revised COVID-19 Death Toll for Wuhan

April 19, 2020, 10:05 AM (IST) –

China has released a new COVID-19 death toll for Wuhan province upward by 50%, the city where the coronavirus outbreak began.

Wuhan Institute of Virology Denies Claims Coronavirus ORIGINATED There

April 19, 2020, 09:35 AM (IST) –

Researchers and scientists across the world have been claiming that the novel coronavirus may have somehow “escaped” from the high-security biolab in Wuhan called the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Today, Zhiming Yuan, the vice director of the institute has denied this possibility. Zhiming told Chinese state broadcaster CGTN that “there is no way this virus came from us,” NBC News reported. “We have a strict regulatory regime and code of conduct of research, so we are confident.”