Coronavirus Watch: 101 hand sanitizers to avoid, FDA says
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If you're buying hand sanitizer, be careful: The Food and Drug Administration's list of hand sanitizers to avoid is growing.
The FDA now says 101 varieties of hand sanitizer should be avoided as they may contain methanol, a potentially fatal ingredient.
It's Saturday, and this is the Coronavirus Watch from the Paste BN Network. Here is the most significant news of the day, as of 3:30 p.m. ET:
- The FDA on Friday authorized the first two COVID-19 antibody tests that can estimate the quantity of antibodies in a patient’s blood – what's known as "semi-quantitative" tests.
- Thousands protested Germany's coronavirus restrictions Saturday in a Berlin demonstration that insisted "the end of the pandemic" has arrived – a declaration that comes just as authorities are voicing increasing concerns about an uptick in new infections.
- Shortly after resuming international cruises, 33 crew members have tested positive for COVID-19 onboard Hurtigruten's MS Roald Amundsen, currently docked in Tromsø, Norway, according to the cruise line.
- It could be safe for students to return to campus this fall if colleges conduct rapid coronavirus screening every two days, according to a study published Friday.
- A temporary hospital at one of the nation's largest convention centers will reopen and begin receiving COVID-19 patients next week, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Friday.
- Mexico has become the country with the third most COVID-19 deaths in the world, behind the United States and Brazil.
Today's numbers: There are more than 4.5 million confirmed cases in the U.S. and more than 153,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Worldwide, cases have surpassed 17.6 million with more than 680,000 deaths. See the numbers in your area here, and check out where cases are rising here.
What do you want to know about the coronavirus? Submit your questions through this form. K Rogers from Battle Creek, Michigan, asks: How soon after a possible exposure would a test result be positive?
Research on COVID-19 continues to evolve, but generally speaking, a test would be positive about three to five days after exposure, until about 10 to 14 days, according to Dr. Greg Poland, director of the Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group.
If you test negative for COVID-19, you probably were not infected at the time your sample was collected, but it is possible you could still get sick if the sample was collected too early on in your infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If you develop symptoms later, you might need another test to determine if you are infected.
Based on currently available data, the CDC estimates that symptoms may appear two to 14 days after exposure to the virus, with a median incubation period of four to five days. In general, people with COVID-19 may be potentially infectious beginning two days after exposure, CDC says.
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– Grace Hauck, Paste BN breaking news reporter, @grace_hauck