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China has announced its daily figures of deaths and infections, with numbers still dropping. There were 125 new confirmed cases (114 in Hubei), and 31 new deaths (all in Hubei).
The death toll now stands at 2,943, with a total of 80,151 infections. The daily update also said 47,204 people, or 59% of people diagnosed, have recovered.
The pharmaceutical company Pfizer says it has identified certain antiviral compounds it had in development that have the potential to inhibit coronaviruses and is engaging with a third party to screen the compounds, Reuters reports.
The company said it hopes to have the results from that screening by the end of March and if any of the compounds are successful, it would hope start testing them by the end of the year.
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