LISTEN: COVID-19 Daily Update - May 1, 2020

Dr. Robert Peltier talks about the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's emergency approval of the antiviral drug, remdesivir. Dr. Peltier explains how the drug works and its efficacy as a possible, promising treatment for COVID-19 that has been shown to shorten the length of hospital stays.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve. Tangi 96.5 FM and KAJUN 107.1 FM's Johnny Chauvin gets the weekday COVID-19 update for May 1 from Dr. Robert Peltier with North Oaks Health System in Hammond, Louisiana. Dr. Peltier, who is an internal medicine physician and tropical medicine specialist, serves as chief medical officer of North Oaks Health System.

Listen to more updates at: www.tangi965.com/interviews and www.northoaks.org/coronavirus.