• Eli Lily requests an EUA for its monoclonal antibody, LY-CoV555; the company is also planning to apply for approval as soon as Q2 of 2021. Source
• At least seven people who attended the White House ‘super-spreader” event on September 26 have tested positive for coronavirus, including President Trump and his wife, former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, advisor Kellyanne Conway and two republican senators. Source
• Berlin announces that bars and restaurants will close between 11pm and 6am as of this weekend, to slow the spread of coronavirus. Source
• Italy institutes a country-wide mask mandate. Source
• Although over 210,000 people in the US have lost their lives to COVID-19, President Trump – who is recovering from the virus- tells people not to fear the virus, or to let it dominate their lives. Source
• Two Spanish cities in the country’s northwest, León and Palencia ,are ordered into lockdown as the coronavirus continues to spread across the country. Source
• Paris will close bars for two weeks to slow the spread of coronavirus. Source
