HONG KONG (AFP): Equities rallied again on Thursday (April 30) and oil prices built on the previous day's surge as investors began to see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel in the fight against coronavirus, following news of a possible breakthrough in the search for a treatment.
Top US epidemiologist Anthony Fauci said Gilead Science's remdesivir "has a clear-cut, significant, positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery".
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