CORONAVIRUS LATEST: — Stock futures pointing down at least 5%. — Roche Diagnostics receives emergency approval of its new coronavirus test. — First shipment of masks, test kits en route to U.S. from Shanghai. — Russia closes borders with Belarus.
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The move comes as Chinese officials say the outbreak that spread from Wuhan starting in December has mostly run its course domestically, while they remain vigilant against imported cases.Chinese business magnate Jack Ma tweeted that a huge shipment of masks and coronavirus testing kits is now en route to the United States from Shanghai.
The company received emergency approval late Thursday night from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to send half a million tests to labs across the country from its North America headquarters in Indianapolis. With the new test, you can have results as fast as three days as opposed to days with some current tests.An Australian television journalist said Monday he has the new coronavirus and assumes he contracted it while meeting withNine Network entertainment editor Richard Wilkins, 65, said he was tested because he met Wilson at the Sydney Opera House on March 7 and again at Nine's Sydney studio on March 9. The result came back positive on Sunday.
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