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A total of 86 people had been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the U.S., including two who have died.
As the number of U.S. cases mounts, officials and advocates want to ensure that medical bills, especially for the poor or uninsured, are not an obstacle to seeking care.
Health experts say a coronavirus treatment could be ready in a few months, but a vaccine still wouldn’t be available for at least a year.
"How quickly that can be deployed will depend on some of the early data that we have, some animal data, what we will see in patients," Regeneron CEO Leonard Schleifer told CNBC.
'We will do all that we can' to combat the threat, says the head of the Japanese company’s vaccine business.