The price of the lifesaving COVID-19 antiviral medication Paxlovid will more than double as the U.S. transitions out of the emergency phase of the pandemic.
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as dr. fauci said, we have moved out of the full blown pandemic phase. andrew ross sorkin will be here on that and the breaking news that the u.s. economy unexpectedly shrunk in the first quarter. and as we go to break, an update on the news that broke on our air yesterday morning. trevor reed, the marine who was part of a prisoner exchange with russia is officially back on u.s. soil. he landed in san antonio early this morning and was greeted by members of his family and a small group of supporters. his father said trevor s health would need to be extensively evaluated. and that tuberculosis was of particular concern. in a tweet, celebrating his return, trevor s mother asked for prayers for the family of paul whelan, a marine veteran who has been held in russia since 2018. we ll be right back. we ll be rightac bk.
eventuality. good to see you, ryan, thank you. really appreciate it. turning to the pandemic. china imposing lockdown of 1 million people after one person tested positive for covid. residents are not allowed out of their homes except to go for testing. local officials say the scheduled lockdown for three days but that can quickly be extended. at least 27 cities in china are now under full or partial lockdown, including shanghai. the country s financial hub. in the meantime, here in the united states, dr. anthony fauci making a big statement that the united states is no longer in the covid pandemic phase. listen. we are certainly right now in this country out of the pandemic phase. namely, we don t have 900,000 new infections a day and tens and tens of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths. we are at a low level right now.