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Coronavirus live news: Australia tracks Sydney flight passengers; Trump in hospital; WHO approves rapid test

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Here is a bit more information about this potentially infectious plane in Sydney, via the AAP:

NSW authorities are trying to track down almost 50 people who shared a flight to Sydney with a Victorian traveller infected with COVID-19.

Donald Trump is being treated with an experimental antibody drug that has shown promising initial early results but has yet to be peer-reviewed. According to statement from his doctor, the president has received a single eight-gram dose of an antibody cocktail called REGN-COV2 – a combination of two human neutralising antibodies against the virus.

The treatment was developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, which previously developed a similar antibody drug against Ebola. He is also taking zinc, vitamin D, melatonin, aspirin and the heartburn drug famotidine – often sold in the US under the brand name Pepcid. Although the drug has not been shown to work against coronavirus, researchers are studying it as a possible treatment.

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