(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now:

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Sept 18 (Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now:

(Reuters) - The European health regulator on Friday endorsed the use of widely known steroid dexamethasone in the treatment of COVID-19 patients on oxygen or mechanical ventilation.

BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - The European Union has agreed to buy a potential COVID-19 vaccine from Sanofi and GSK in its second such deal to secure supplies, as a deadline for joining the World Health Organization's (WHO) vaccine purchase programme looms.

(Reuters) - U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Inc won its case against a former employee, who was fired for hacking and transferring company data to third parties, according to court documents filed on Thursday.

Sept 18 (Reuters) - Central Intelligence Agency-backed data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc said on Friday its shares would begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 29.

(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday effectively established a three-part test that must be met before it will raise interest rates: the economy must be at "maximum employment," inflation must have "risen to 2 percent" and it must be "on track to moderately exceed 2 percent for some time."