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This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. On Tuesday, April 21, 2020, U.S. health regulators OK'd the first coronavirus test that allows people to collect their own sample at home, a new approach that could help expand testing options in most states. The sample will still have to be shipped for processing back to LabCorp, which operates diagnostic labs throughout the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)

Neil Ferguson, British epidemiologist, resigns after breaking social distancing rules

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In this file photo, coffins arrive from the Bergamo area, where the coronavirus infections caused many victims, are being unloaded from a military truck that transported them in the cemetery of Cinisello Balsamo, near Milan in Northern Italy, Friday, March 27, 2020. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP) **FILE**

British epidemiologist, colleagues insist earlier coronavirus prediction model remains sound

By James Varney - The Washington Times

A woman wearing a protective mask sits outside the ExCel centre in London, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. The British Government announced Tuesday, that the ExCel Center in east london will become a 4,000 bed temporary hospital to deal with future coronavirus patients, to be called NHS Nightingale. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

U.K. epidemiologist radically lowers his predicted coronavirus death toll

By James Varney - The Washington Times