Here are some significant developments:
- A new research letter from Harvard University researchers suggests the risk to young people has been undersold, after a study of 3,222 hospitalized patients age 18 to 34 found that 1 in 5 required intensive care, 10 percent needed a ventilator, and 2.7 percent died. An additional 3 percent required ongoing medical care even after clearing the virus.
- The U.S. coronavirus death toll has surpassed 188,000, and at least 6,366,000 cases have been reported.
- U.S. airports will stop checking international travelers for fevers before allowing them to enter the country after a review of the procedure found that only 15 coronavirus cases were detected among 675,000 people screened.
- An unusually large number of patients in Los Angeles complained about coughs between December and February, according to a new report published Thursday in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, raising the possibility that the novel coronavirus may have been spreading in the United States earlier than previously thought.
- Regulators fined two food-processing plants Thursday for failing to adequately protect workers from coronavirus risks, leveling penalties ranging from $13,494 to $200,000 following employee deaths.
