Virus Forces a ‘Wartime’ Budget on N.Y.C., With $2 Billion in Cuts – The New York Times
Virus Forces a ‘Wartime’ Budget on N.Y.C., With $2 Billion in Cuts – The New York Times

The summer youth employment program and the collection of organic waste will be suspended. Tree pruning and tree stump removal will be curtailed. There will be a hiring freeze.

Before the outbreak, Mr. de Blasio had overseen a period of booming growth in tax revenue and economic prosperity that had allowed him to spend more than past mayors. But the city now projects a loss of 500,000 jobs over the first three quarters of 2020, the end of a decade-long expansion of jobs.

Most of those losses are expected in the second quarter, with retail, leisure and the hospitality industry making up half the job losses.

“We don’t know when this crisis ends,” the mayor said. “We do know it will end, that much we can say, thank God. But we don’t know when, we don’t know how, and we know that the impact that’s been made on people continues to grow, and we know that the loss of revenue could be even greater.”

The mayor, a Democrat in his second term, said the budget focuses on four basic measures of keeping city residents safe, healthy, housed and fed.

“If we can’t provide the basics for our people, then you can kiss your recovery goodbye,” Mr. de Blasio said.

City officials had to dip into savings to balance the budget, drawing $900 million from the general reserve, $250 million from the capital stabilization fund and $2.6 billion from the retiree health benefits fund, a move that does not affect retiree benefits in the short term.

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The US economy can’t reopen without widespread coronavirus testing: Getting there will take a lot of work and money – CNBC
The US economy can’t reopen without widespread coronavirus testing: Getting there will take a lot of work and money – CNBC

The Rockefeller Foundation’s plan does not estimate that the U.S. workforce will be be back to normal any time soon.

And while the foundation’s projections for the number of needed tests might seem high to some people, it comes on the heels of projections published by the Edmond Jr. Safra Center for Ethics last week.

“These [projections] suggest that, depending on what tracing technology is used in conjunction with testing, at least millions and possibly hundreds of millions of tests per day will be needed,” that analysis said.

“While we estimate that such capacity is possible by late spring or early summer,” the authors wrote, “we must invest much more aggressively if we are to allow a return to work.”

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration, and a CNBC contributor, has called for a plan that would test anyone who visits a doctor, which would be nearly 4 million people per week.

But Gottlieb also said in a Vox interview this week that getting to the point where the United States has the capacity to perform 2 million to 3 million tests each week “is going to be very hard.”

He said it would be possible to reach that level by September,  but added that Congress would need to support that effort.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, said Thursday, “I say we should not send you back to work till it’s safe to send you back. This is a false choice.”

“The way you revive the economy is you defeat the disease,” said Biden, who argued that widespread testing will be needed to determine who can return to work, and which workplaces and public spaces can be opened again.

BlackRock CEO and co-founder Larry Fink, said during an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Thursday: “We’re going to still see elements of the disease increasing in other parts of the world and until we have adequate testing, rapid testing, it’s very hard to see how we’re going to reboot in the next 30 days.”

Fink said he expects that treatments for Covid-19 could be improved to speed up that economic rebooting, “But it may not be in June or July. It may be in August.”

He noted that a number of business leaders told Trump during conference calls on Wednesday that “we need to have adequate” testing “to make sure we have a secured environment.”

Trump himself this week said, “Our country has to get open, and it will get open, and it will get open safely and hopefully quickly. Some areas quicker than other areas.”

The president, who is running for reelection this fall, also claimed “there’s tremendous testing, and the governors will use whatever testing is necessary, and if they’re not satisfied with their testing, they shouldn’t open.”

But Trump’s own leading infectious disease adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, told the Associated Press in an interview Tuesday that the U.S. is “not there yet” in having enough testing capability or contact tracing systems in place to rely on for reopening the economy.

Source Article from https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/16/coronavirus-testing-needs-to-be-widely-done-before-economy-reopens.html

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The government’s small business loan money is gone. Now what? – CNN
The government’s small business loan money is gone. Now what? – CNN

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Trump’s Next Propaganda War: Who Gets Counted in the Coronavirus Death Toll – Slate
Trump’s Next Propaganda War: Who Gets Counted in the Coronavirus Death Toll – Slate

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Small business loan program runs out of money, no longer accepting applications – Fox Business
Small business loan program runs out of money, no longer accepting applications – Fox Business
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A popular small business relief program ran out of funds on Thursday morning, as billions of dollars in additional coronavirus aid remain stuck in congressional limbo.

The Small Business Administration said on its website that the agency is “currently unable to accept new applications for the Paycheck Protection Program based on available appropriations funding. Similarly, we are unable to enroll new PPP lenders at this time.”

Although Republicans and Democrats agree they need to replenish the program, a $349 billion fund approved last month as part of the CARES Act, they have remained at an impasse over how to do so.

Last week, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asked Congress to allocate $250 billion more for the program. But a GOP attempt to approve it was rejected by Senate Democrats, who maintained that additional cash should include emergency funding for hospitals and states, as well as some changes to the small business aid program. Republican aides have said conservatives will reject any spending beyond the PPP.

ABOUT 70 PERCENT OF SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE APPLIED FOR CORONAVIRUS RELIEF, BUT NOT ALL HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL

“The President and his Administration will continue to prioritize relief for all those affected by this unprecedented crisis, which is why Congressional Democrats must stop playing politics and blocking additional emergency relief for our Nation’s small businesses,” White House spokesperson Judd Deere said in a statement.

Lawmakers from both houses are working from their home states as a result of the outbreak and are unlikely to return to Washington, D.C. until at least early May.

The program, which launched less than two weeks ago, provides loans at ultra-low interest rates to businesses with fewer than 500 employees to incentivize them to keep staff on payroll, or rehire workers who have already been laid off. If at least 75 percent of the money goes to keep employees on the payroll, the federal government will forgive the loans.

There were 1,611,397 loans approved that depleted the $349 billion fund. Nearly 5,000 lenders participated, according to SBA data.

The stimulus bill passed at the end of March was $2.2 trillion, the largest in recent memory.

The evaporation of the program’s funds comes at a critical time: New figures released by the Labor Department on Thursday revealed that in the four-week period through April 11, 22 million Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits, a stunning sign of the colossal economic damage inflicted by the virus outbreak. Before the pandemic, the largest number of Americans to seek jobless aid in a four-week stretch was 2.7 million in the fall of 1982.

Time is imperative for owners. Nearly one in four small businesses has shut down temporarily in response to the crisis, while another 40 percent expect to do so within two weeks, according to a survey published by the MetLife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index.

If owners don’t receive further support, about 43 percent have warned they have less than six months to a permanent shutdown. One in 10 say they have less than a month until a permanent shutdown is inevitable, the survey found.

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Glitches prevent $1,200 stimulus checks from reaching millions of Americans – The Washington Post
Glitches prevent $1,200 stimulus checks from reaching millions of Americans – The Washington Post

Jamie Jones, a Virginia widow and mother of three receiving Social Security survivor benefits, said she received her $1,200 payment, but her deposit did not include the extra $1,500 for her children. Because she filed a tax return for 2019, she couldn’t use the non-filers tool, she said. She listed her children, ages 8, 10 and 12, on her tax return, so the IRS should have made the additional payment.

Source Article from https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/16/coronavirus-cares-stimulus-check/

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Coronavirus What To Watch: Trump Promises New Guidelines For Reopening Country – NPR
Coronavirus What To Watch: Trump Promises New Guidelines For Reopening Country – NPR

A man is silhouetted against the sun on a bluff overlooking downtown Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday.

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Worldwide total confirmed cases: 2,063,161

Total deaths: 136,938

U.S. total confirmed cases: 638,111

Confirmed U.S. deaths: 30,844

SOURCE: Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, as of 11:35 p.m. ET Wednesday

President Trump is promising to deliver on Thursday guidelines to “reopen” America. He said some states would open even before May 1. That’s two weeks away.

Without citing evidence, he claimed at the White House coronavirus task force briefing Wednesday that the U.S. is past its peak on new coronavirus cases. That’s likely premature. While the total number of cases may be slowing, it’s not true for all parts of the country. And because there are so many cases in New York, the beginning of a decline there is skewing the curve. What’s more, the total number of cases continues to rise.

The danger is if the country moves to shedding social distancing and stay-at-home orders too quickly, there likely would be another spike. What’s more, testing is still not widespread enough to have a whole picture of who has the virus and who doesn’t.

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President Trump after Wednesday’s daily briefing on the novel coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House.

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In case you missed it, here are highlights from the White House coronavirus task force’s daily briefing:

  1. Antibody tests: Trump said tests will be available in coming weeks. He noted that one test is being developed by Abbott Labs. “It’s a great test,” Trump said, adding that it could be available to screen up to 20 million people in a matter of weeks.
  2. Ventilators: General Motors will be rolling the first ventilators off the line from a plant in Kokomo, Ind., Trump said, adding that it will ship 600 this month. Then the president played a video from GM showing the process of building the ventilators. It was essentially an ad created by and for GM. After the video, the president decided to jab at the press. “I know you got a little bit nervous when you saw there was a clip about to be played,” Trump said. That was a reference to a campaign-style video attacking the media that the president played in the briefing room Monday.
  3. WHO’s right? The point Trump keeps coming back to about the World Health Organization and coronavirus is, “They didn’t want us to close our borders to China, to Wuhan.” It’s true that WHO discouraged border closures, but that’s not the whole story. There is plenty of legitimate criticism of the WHO going around, but an NPR timeline of what Trump and WHO representatives were saying over the past few months finds that in late January and early February, the WHO began ringing alarm bells about the coronavirus, while Trump was downplaying it.
  4. Can the president adjourn Congress? Trump was upset because he wants more judges confirmed (even though Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has gotten through a record number of federal judges) and because he wants more of his nominees to head agencies confirmed (even though the Republican-controlled Senate is responsible for confirming nominees). Trump threatened to adjourn Congress and make recess appointments if they wouldn’t agree. “If the House will not agree to that adjournment, I will exercise my constitutional authority to adjourn both chambers of Congress. And perhaps it’s never been done before, nobody is even sure if it has, but we’re going to do it.” So can he actually do it? Article 2, Section 3 of the Constitution gives the president the ability to convene and adjourn Congress, but adjournment appears to be only “in Case of Disagreement between” the two chambers on when to do so.
  5. “Developing” story: “We are a developing nation,” Trump said of the United States. That’s not true. It’s not the first time Trump has said this. In an attempt to say the U.S. shouldn’t have to pay aid to less-wealthy countries, he said during a rally in 2018: “They are considered nations that aren’t mature, so we pay them. You know, they call them developing nations. Well, we are a developing nation, too.”

Countries’ economies are organized into three categories — developed, transitioning and developing. The U.S. is the wealthiest country on Earth and is firmly in the developed category. The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, lists developing countries. The U.S. is not on it.

Quote of the briefing:

“I’m sure people will be very happy to get a big, fat, beautiful check and my name is on it.” — Trump, after claiming he has no idea why his name is on stimulus checks that are going out

Other key coronavirus stories:

Antibody Tests For Coronavirus Can Miss The Mark: The state of antibody testing comes under examination as Americans wait for easier access and accurate results.

‘We Alerted The World’ To Coronavirus On Jan. 5, WHO Says In Response To U.S.: The World Health Organization defends its role in sounding the alarm about COVID-19, following President Trump’s decision to halt its federal funding.

Where Did This Coronavirus Originate? Virus Hunters Find Genetic Clues In Bats: Catch up on the latest episode of NPR’s science podcast Short Wave for a deep dive into how COVID-19 may have first begun.

What to watch today:

  • Trump unveils his guidelines to reopen the country. 5 p.m. ET.
  • Trump speaks to governors about the coronavirus. 3 p.m. ET.
  • Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden appears on a CNN Global town hall at 8 p.m. ET, a day after criticizing Trump for not wearing a mask in public.

Go deeper: past the peak?

Trump said the United States has passed its peak in new COVID-19 cases. He also cited declines in large cities significantly affected by the virus. “The battle continues, but the data suggests that nationwide, we have passed the peak on new cases,” Trump claimed. “Hopefully that will continue and we will continue to make great progress.”

The data, though, is mixed. While the number of daily cases overall nationally appears to have started to decrease, the total cases continue to rise.

The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center shows a drop in new cases nationally starting April 10, followed by an uptick, though not back up to the high of April 10. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not firmly indicated a decline longer than one day on April 3. That said, both trackers indicate that national cumulative totals continue to rise.

The United States is projected to have already peaked in daily death rates and hospital supplies when looking at models from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. Specifically, the highest number of deaths occurred on April 13, the team predicts, and hospital resources (beds and ventilators) were most heavily utilized on April 10.

Trump cited the decline in new cases in the New York City metropolitan area — one of the hardest-hit places in the country. The area has seen a drop in its number of total cases since April 6, according to the New York City Department of Health. Though, like the CDC, the city’s department of health warns that recent data is incomplete because of reporting delays. Looking at the IHME model for the state, April 10 may have been the peak for deaths per day for New York. Looking at STAT‘s info, the number of new cases rose in the state on April 15.

Source Article from https://www.npr.org/2020/04/16/835637369/coronavirus-daily-trump-promises-new-guidelines-for-reopening-the-country

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Trump says US has ‘passed the peak’ of coronavirus outbreak – CNBC
Trump says US has ‘passed the peak’ of coronavirus outbreak – CNBC

Over the past six days, the rate of new cases has declined across the country, Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said, adding that nine states have less than 1,000 cases each and report fewer than 30 new cases per day. However, she said the administration is concerned about Providence, Rhode Island, which is in a “unique situation,” caught between two hot spots, New York and Boston. 

She added that now is the time to continue practicing social distancing. 

“Social gatherings, coming together, there is always a chance that an asymptomatic person can spread the virus unknowingly,” she said. “To all of you that are out there that would like to join together and just have that dinner party for 20, don’t do it yet. Continue to follow the presidential guidelines.”

More than 3.3 million tests have been “conducted and completed,” Vice President Mike Pence said, adding that 24% of all counties in the country have not reported a single case of Covid-19. He also said half of all states in the country have fewer than 2,500 cases each. 

“We’re going to reflect on the fact that, as the president said, there will be areas of the country that will require continued mitigation and strong efforts and there will be other areas of the country that will be given guidance for greater flexibility, the president has so directed our team,” Pence said.

Even as the infection rate appears to fall across the country, according to the White House, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio acknowledged earlier Wednesday that the city is likely undercounting Covid-19 deaths as the city struggles to test everyone.

On Tuesday, New York City officials said they would begin counting “probable” Covid-19 deaths, which are people “who had no known positive laboratory test,” but are believed to have died due to Covid-19. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene estimates that there have been 3,778 probable Covid-19 deaths since March 11 that weren’t previously counted in the city’s official tally. There have been 6,589 confirmed Covid-19 deaths in New York City so far. 

“I want the whole truth out. Wherever the facts take us, I want the whole truth out,” de Blasio said Wednesday at a news briefing. “Absolutely, I believe there are more people who died because of Covid-19, in one way or another, because of something that happened to them related to Covid-19.”

Source Article from https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/15/trump-says-us-has-passed-the-peak-of-coronavirus-outbreak.html

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Some stimulus checks are being sent to the wrong accounts: ‘The bank account number is not even close.’ – USA TODAY
Some stimulus checks are being sent to the wrong accounts: ‘The bank account number is not even close.’ – USA TODAY

Americans are confused about what happened to the stimulus check deposits that were supposed to show up in their bank accounts on Wednesday.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service launched the “Get My Payment” web application allowing people to track their payout, which was hit with early glitches at the time of launch.

Around 80 million people were to receive the deposit this week, the Treasury Department said on Monday. But Wednesday, many people expressed concern and worry when the government website said the cash, up to $1,200 per person, was sent to a bank account that didn’t seem to belong to them. 

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The events unfolded in a similar manner for several of the people who reached out to the IRS via Twitter. They would submit their contact information into the government’s payout tracking portal, and the results would show that the money was scheduled to be deposited on April 15. 

Source Article from https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/04/15/stimulus-checks-going-wrong-bank-account-many-yes/5140966002/

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Trump threatens to invoke never-used constitutional authority to adjourn Congress and push nominees through – CNN
Trump threatens to invoke never-used constitutional authority to adjourn Congress and push nominees through – CNN
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    CNN’s Allison Malloy and Joe Johns contributed to this report.

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    US officials looking into whether coronavirus escaped from a lab in China – New York Post
    US officials looking into whether coronavirus escaped from a lab in China – New York Post

    US officials are reportedly looking into the possibility that the coronavirus did not originate in a wet market in Wuhan but actually escaped from a lab experimenting on the deadly illness.

    There is “increasing confidence” among officials that the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab is the original site of the virus after a report said Embassy officials warned in January 2018 about inadequate safety there, according to Fox News.

    President Trump did not directly address the “theory” during a White House press conference on Wednesday.

    “It should be no surprise to you that we have taken a keen interest in that and we’ve had a lot of intelligence take a hard look at that,” Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Fox about the Wuhan lab.

    “I would just say at this point, it’s inconclusive, although the weight of evidence seems to indicate natural, but we don’t know for certain.”

    Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said he sees China “withholding information.”

    “I think we need to do more to continue to press them to share,” he told the network.

    The theory was the latest effort by Trump officials to put the focus on China after criticism over the administration’s inaction as the virus spread across the country.

    Source Article from https://nypost.com/2020/04/15/us-officials-investigating-whether-coronavirus-escaped-a-lab-in-china/

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    Counties Hit By Falling Tax Revenues Seek More Federal Help : Coronavirus Live Updates – NPR
    Counties Hit By Falling Tax Revenues Seek More Federal Help : Coronavirus Live Updates – NPR

    A Yonkers Fire Department EMT wears full personal protective equipment during the coronavirus shutdown in Westchester County, New York. County leaders across the country say they need help paying for essential services as the shutdown continues.

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    A Yonkers Fire Department EMT wears full personal protective equipment during the coronavirus shutdown in Westchester County, New York. County leaders across the country say they need help paying for essential services as the shutdown continues.

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    County leaders across the country are asking the federal government for more emergency aid money as they watch tax revenues sink because of the coronavirus shutdown.

    The federal CARES Act passed last month includes $150 billion in direct aid to states and cities, with some caveats. Local governments with populations above 500,000 people get the money directly. Those that are smaller can only receive funds that are funneled through their state. The National Association of Counties said that leaves smaller counties “at the mercy of the states—who are dealing with their own fiscal pressures.” The group has sent a letter to President Trump asking him to support efforts to channel money directly to all counties.

    County officials say another major problem is that CARES Act funds can only be used for the costs of responding to the pandemic, not to backfill lost revenue because of the economy’s shutdown. County governments describe themselves as being on the front lines in the fight against the coronavirus and many are now facing massive budget deficits.

    In New York, Westchester County Executive George Latimer said the loss of sales tax and property tax revenues will take between $90 million and $160 million from the county’s $2.1 billion budget. Other nearby counties are in similar shape, he added. “We’re going to need the federal government to be there in a significant way,” he said, “unless we intend to see a collapse of the New York metropolitan area economy.”

    In Los Angeles County, Chief Executive Officer Sachi Hamai said, “Los Angeles County’s fiscal outlook has been significantly impacted by COVID-19 and we project it will have a major effect on the programs the county administers on behalf of our 10 million residents.” Hamai said she believes sales tax revenues will be down 50 to 75 percent for the next few months and will be 25 percent lower over the next fiscal year. Altogether, that is expected to be a $2 billion loss in sales tax revenue. That’s money, Hamai said, that is vital in funding child welfare, care for the homeless and other social services.

    Some counties have begun announcing layoffs and furloughs. In Los Angeles, Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger said the county ordered a hiring freeze more than a month ago. It’s now asking county departments to develop plans for a possible 25 percent budget cut.

    To help with these looming deficits, the National Association of Counties said some relief might be included in a new coronavirus package now taking shape in Congress. Democrats are pushing for it to include an additional $150 billion that counties can use to cover lost revenue.

    Source Article from https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/15/835288911/counties-say-they-need-more-federal-money-to-stay-solvent-amid-coronavirus-shutd

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    Report: States May Be Ready To Reopen By May 1, But Threat Of A ‘Large Rebound Curve’ Looms – Forbes
    Report: States May Be Ready To Reopen By May 1, But Threat Of A ‘Large Rebound Curve’ Looms – Forbes

    TOPLINEThe federal government is preparing a strategy for reopening states beginning on May 1, but warns that a “large rebound curve” of coronavirus infections could occur and communities could be placed back under stricter mitigation rules until “end of spread or vaccine availability,” according to an internal report created by FEMA and the CDC and obtained by The Washington Post.

    KEY FACTS

    The framework created by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Centers for Disease Control outlines three key phases, culminating in staggered reopenings no earlier than May 1 for areas where outbreaks have been small or nonexistent and likely not until June or later for current or emerging hot spots.  

    CDC Director Robert Redfield, in an interview with Good Morning America, estimated that approximately 20 states that have been minimally impacted by the pandemic may be ready to begin easing restrictions by May 1.

    In order to reopen, a community must meet several criteria, including having an effective system for tracking cases, an ability to scale up to treat any new infections and a “genuinely low” incidence rate.

    In keeping with reports that social distancing may be needed through 2022, however, the memo cautions communities to be prepared to intermittently return to stricter measures to avoid a “large rebound curve.”

    All communities, regardless of outbreak severity, will be subject to monitoring through frequent testing and mitigation measures, like planned school breaks and e-learning weeks, until “end of spread or vaccine availability.”

    The plan will also require the country to ramp up testing in order to accurately assess outbreak severity, a feat aided by a newly proposed COVID-19 Corps, which will help local health departments track down people who may have been exposed to the virus.

    According to the Post, the Corps will comprise approximately 670 people but will be supplemented by “app-based case and contact investigations,” similar to those conducted in South Korea. 

    KEY BACKGROUND

    The COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate the country, with more than 600,000 confirmed infections and nearly 25,000 deaths reported on Wednesday. Despite President Trump’s mounting insistence that the country can—and should—reopen by May 1, officials warn that easing restrictions will be a slow, gradual process. Meanwhile, governors on both coasts are banding together in coordinated efforts to ensure effective easement among neighboring states. 

    CRUCIAL QUOTE

    “There are a number of states—19, 20 states—that really have had limited impact from it. So I think we will see some states that are, the governors feel that they’re ready, we’re poised to assist them with that reopening,” CDC Director Robert Redfield told Good Morning America on Wednesday.

    FURTHER READING

    The Daily 202: Leaked CDC And FEMA Plan Warns Of ‘Significant Risk Of Resurgence Of The Virus’ With Phased Reopening (Washington Post)

    Trump Wants To Declare Country Open By May 1 — But The Reality Will Be Much Slower (Washington Post)

    Researchers Say Social Distancing To Prevent Coronavirus May Need To Continue Until 2022 (Forbes)

    Two Legal Experts Explain Why The U.S. Should Not Pull Funding From The WHO Amid COVID-19 Pandemic (Forbes)

    How The CDC Botched Its Initial Coronavirus Response With Faulty Tests (Forbes)

    Trump Declares A National Emergency Under The Stafford Act—Here’s What That Actually Allows Him To Do (Forbes)

    Full coverage and live updates on the Coronavirus

    Source Article from https://www.forbes.com/sites/marleycoyne/2020/04/15/report-states-may-be-ready-to-reopen-by-may-1-but-threat-of-a-large-rebound-curve-looms/

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    Unemployed workers in 29 states now getting $600 boost in benefits – CNN
    Unemployed workers in 29 states now getting $600 boost in benefits – CNN

    Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what’s happening in the world as it unfolds.

    Source Article from https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/16/politics/states-bump-unemployment-benefits/index.html

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    Trump’s big show of opening the economy will hide the real story – CNN
    Trump’s big show of opening the economy will hide the real story – CNN

    Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what’s happening in the world as it unfolds.

    Source Article from https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/16/politics/donald-trump-economy-coronavirus-pain/index.html

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    Trump’s move against the World Health Organization is latest twist in a shifting policy on China – The Washington Post
    Trump’s move against the World Health Organization is latest twist in a shifting policy on China – The Washington Post

    Live updates: The latest in the U.S. and abroad

    More news today: How false hope spread about hydroxychloroquine as treatment for covid-19

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    Source Article from https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-move-against-the-world-health-organization-is-latest-twist-in-a-shifting-policy-on-china/2020/04/15/81210858-7f2d-11ea-a3ee-13e1ae0a3571_story.html

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    California offering $500 in coronavirus relief to undocumented immigrants | TheHill – The Hill
    California offering $500 in coronavirus relief to undocumented immigrants | TheHill – The Hill

    California will distribute one-time cash payments of $500 to undocumented immigrants in the state in response to financial concerns arising amid the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Gavin NewsomGavin Christopher NewsomCalifornia offering 0 in coronavirus relief to undocumented immigrants Mellman: Reputations of leaders in crises The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Trump pivots on state power, freezes US WHO funds MORE (D) announced Wednesday. 

    The payments will be funded by a $75 million Disaster Relief Fund and will be disbursed through a community-based model of regional nonprofits with experience serving undocumented communities, according to Newsom’s announcement.

    “California is the most diverse state in the nation. Our diversity makes us stronger and more resilient. Every Californian, including our undocumented neighbors and friends, should know that California is here to support them during this crisis. We are all in this together,” Newsom said in a statement. 

    Approximately 150,000 undocumented adult Californians will receive a one-time cash benefit of $500 with a cap of $1,000 per household. 

    Undocumented Americans are not eligible for the federal stimulus relief checks. 

    In addition to the $75 million state funding for the checks, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), a network of foundations focused on immigration issues, committed to raising $50 million to support direct financial assistance to families of undocumented immigrants through the California Immigrants Resilience Fund.

    Source Article from https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/493027-california-offering-500-in-coronavirus-relief-to-undocumented-immigrants

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    After Anonymous Tip, 17 Bodies Are Found at Nursing Home Hit by Virus – The New York Times
    After Anonymous Tip, 17 Bodies Are Found at Nursing Home Hit by Virus – The New York Times

    For the others, the cause of death is unknown.

    Of the patients who remain at the homes, housed in two buildings, 76 have tested positive for the virus; 41 staff members, including an administrator, are sick with Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, according to county health records shared on Wednesday with a federal official.

    Andover Subacute is not alone. Coronavirus has swept through the New York region’s nursing homes with devastating and deadly speed, killing thousands of residents at facilities struggling with staff shortages, increasingly sick patients and a lack of personal protective gear.

    But with beds for 700 patients, Andover Subacute is, records show, the state’s largest licensed facility — and the risk of continued spread is terrifying to family members who have turned to social media and their local congressman, desperate for answers and extra personnel.

    “The challenge we’re having with all of these nursing homes, is once it spreads, it’s like a wildfire,” said Representative Josh Gottheimer, a Democrat who got the call on Saturday, asking for body bags. “It’s very hard to stop it.”

    One of the owners of the facility, Chaim Scheinbaum, did not return calls or emails. Staff members who answered phones at the facilities said they were not authorized to speak to the news media.

    Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/nyregion/coronavirus-nj-andover-nursing-home-deaths.html

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    Coronavirus: Trump says peak is passed and US to reopen soon – BBC News
    Coronavirus: Trump says peak is passed and US to reopen soon – BBC News
    Media captionCoronavirus: Michigan residents protest against governor’s stay-at-home orders

    President Donald Trump says the US has “passed the peak” of new Covid-19 cases and predicted some states would reopen this month.

    At the daily White House virus briefing, Mr Trump said new reopening guidelines would be announced on Thursday after he speaks to governors.

    “We’ll be the comeback kids, all of us,” the president said. “We want to get our country back.”

    The US has more than 638,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases and over 30,800 deaths.

    Media captionTrump says US is investigating claims that coronavirus originated in a Wuhan lab

    “The data suggests that nationwide, we have passed the peak of new cases,” Mr Trump told reporters in the Rose Garden on Wednesday.

    “Hopefully that will continue, and we will continue to make great progress.”

    Asked why the US accounted for such a significant proportion of the global death toll of 136,908, Mr Trump accused other countries of lying about their mortality rate.

    “Does anybody really believe the numbers of some of these countries?” he said, naming China.

    He also said the US was looking into unverified reports that the coronavirus emerged from a laboratory in Wuhan rather than in a market.

    US media have reported that the US embassy in Beijing raised concerns about safety at two laboratories in Wuhan. However on Tuesday General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that US intelligence services believed it was more likely that the virus occurred naturally.

    Media captionCoronavirus: The unexpected items deemed “essential”

    The Trump administration has previously pencilled in 1 May as a possible date to reopen the nation, but the president said some states may be able to return to normalcy earlier than that.

    When questioned about the dangers of reopening the nation too soon, Mr Trump said: “There’s also death involved in keeping it closed.”

    He cited mental health issues, saying suicide hotlines were “exploding” as the economy freezes.

    Millions of Americans have lost their jobs due to lockdown measures across the country, and unemployment numbers are at record levels.

    Retail sales dropped by 8.7% in March, the biggest decline since tracking began in 1992, according to government data released on Wednesday.

    Meanwhile, the governors of Connecticut, Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania each issued orders or guidelines that residents should wear face masks as they venture into society in the coming weeks.

    Media captionAre we heading into a new great recession?

    “We are going to be getting back to normal – it will be a new normal,” Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said.

    On Wednesday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said large gatherings such as sports events and concerts would probably not be allowed in the city until 2021.

    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meanwhile said China must show “full transparency” on coronavirus, during a call with his Beijing counterpart, Yang Jiechi, the Department of State said.

    Mr Pompeo has repeatedly accused Beijing of covering up the scale of the outbreak in the early days, which China denies.

    Source Article from https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52304993

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    Some stimulus checks are being sent to the wrong accounts: ‘The bank account number is not even close.’ – USA TODAY
    Some stimulus checks are being sent to the wrong accounts: ‘The bank account number is not even close.’ – USA TODAY

    Americans are confused about what happened to the stimulus check deposits that were supposed to show up in their bank accounts on Wednesday.

    The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service launched the “Get My Payment” web application allowing people to track their payout, which was hit with early glitches at the time of launch.

    Around 80 million people were to receive the deposit this week, the Treasury Department said on Monday. But Wednesday, many people expressed concern and worry when the government website said the cash, up to $1,200 per person, was sent to a bank account that didn’t seem to belong to them. 

    Your money questions, answered:Will my stimulus check be affected if I owe taxes?

    Behind on child support?:If so, you won’t get a stimulus check

    Where’s my stimulus check?:IRS ‘Get My Payment’ portal hit by early glitches

    Source Article from https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/04/15/stimulus-checks-going-wrong-bank-account-many-yes/5140966002/

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    US explores possibility that coronavirus started in Chinese lab, not a market – CNN
    US explores possibility that coronavirus started in Chinese lab, not a market – CNN

    Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what’s happening in the world as it unfolds.

    Source Article from https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/15/politics/us-intelligence-virus-started-chinese-lab/index.html

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