"My fear in this is that we create these political footballs that get kicked around the place," Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO's health emergencies program, said at a news conference.
"We have more co-morbid illness among young people in this country — more asthma, more obesity, more diabetes — so there is going to be higher risk with our school age population," former FDA chief Dr. Scott Gottlieb said.
"We're not going to use our children as a litmus test and we're not going to put our children in a place where their health is endangered," Cuomo said. "It's that simple."
World Health Organization officials said Monday that patients who recover from Covid-19 may be able to get the coronavirus again, adding that studies suggest their immunity may wane after a few months.
Advisors to President Donald Trump were reportedly considering proposals to strike against the Hong Kong dollar peg, in response to China implementing a national security law on the city.
Georgia plans to convert Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center into a makeshift hospital again as the state struggles with a rise in Covid-19 hospitalizations.
"I think in the next week the pattern of increasing deaths is going to become clear," said Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The move comes as TikTok, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, is drawing scrutiny over its ties to China and the potential for the Chinese government to access user data.
"In our current situation, it is very unlikely that we can eradicate or eliminate this virus," said Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO's health emergencies program.
Cases in the United States rose with California and Florida among 12 states hitting record-breaking, seven-day averages for daily new cases, a CNBC analysis showed.
With health-care systems in countries already under strain as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Southeast Asian nations are grappling with yet another infectious disease outbreak: dengue fever.
"We're seeing the intensive care beds are now almost being fully occupied, so this is not inconsequential what's going on. It's having an impact," White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said.
"The virus thrives on division but is thwarted when we unite," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization.
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