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Deaths
US: 55,413 (+1148)
World: 206,995 (+3706)
Countdown: 191 days.
Europe's economy was hit just as hard as the United State's, but they're handling their financial crisis differently. The U.K. is paying 80% of laid-off workers' salaries — and they have the guarantee of going back to work after the pandemic is over.
Seattle’s leaders let scientists take the lead. New York’s did not. The initial coronavirus outbreaks on the East and West Coasts emerged at roughly the same time. But the danger was communicated very differently. — I’m so very grateful to be living in the Pacific Northwest.
People crowd Southern California beaches despite coronavirus concerns.
Governors in several southern states have moved to reopen at least parts of their economies. But experts warn a "toxic mix" of extreme health inequities, lack of local hospitals, and poverty ensures the pandemic will "rage" through the South.
Republican senator proposes a $500 billion bail out for state and local governments. Sen. Bill Cassidy, a republican from Louisiana, is proposing a $500 billion bill that would give emergency relief funds to state and local governments as several of the nation's governors say they need federal money to continue daily operations.
A housing association representing the richest zip code in America was approved to receive $2M of emergency coronavirus relief from the small business loan program, despite suffering no layoffs and no apparent financial impact from the pandemic.
Could Coronavirus Antibody Tests Really Help Colleges Reopen in the Fall? At Arizona, leaders are considering telling students who get positive antibody results that they may gather in ways that their antibody-negative peers can’t: attend pep rallies, for example, or take classes in person...There are a few major problems with using antibody tests as a “go/no-go” signal right now. One is the question of any test’s accuracy.
Missed vaccinations could lead to other fatal outbreaks, doctors warn.
Children in Spain are allowed out of the house for the first time in six weeks as coronavirus deaths in the country continue to decline.
Beijing bans "uncivilised" behaviour such as not covering the mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing, in a new set of regulations to improve public hygiene amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Australians rush to download coronavirus tracing app, PM's popularity soars.
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