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A pedestrian walks past closed-down shops on an empty Regent Street in London on April 2, 2020, as life in Britain continues during the nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Tolga Akmen Stock markets are “totally unprepared” for how long economies will take to normalize after the coronavirus crisis, …

Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, speaks at a news conference as the USNS Comfort hospital ship arrives at Pier 90 in New York, U.S., on Monday, March 30, 2020. Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty Images New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the number of coronavirus patients being placed …

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 1, 2020, in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The world may never get …

President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 6, 2020, in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images While the coming days in the nation’s coronavirus fight look bleak, President Donald Trump …

[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] World Health Organization officials are holding a press conference to update the public on the coronavirus outbreak, which has now infected more than 1.2 million …

Woman with children wearing protective masks as a preventive measure against the coronavirus COVID-19 on street in Kyiv, Ukraine on March 31, 2020. Maxym Marusenko | NurPhoto via Getty Images Some children have been hospitalized or worse after becoming infected with the coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a face shield as he speaks to the media during a visit to the Brooklyn Navy Yard where local industrial firms have begun manufacturing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) on March 26, 2020 in New York CIty. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez | Getty Images New …

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gestures during a press briefing on evolution of new coronavirus epidemic on January 29, 2020 in Geneva. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images Research to develop vaccines and treatments to fight the coronavirus has “accelerated at incredible speed,” World Health Organization …

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he will ask President Donald Trump on Monday to allow the U.S. Navy’s 1,000-bed hospital ship Comfort to be used to treat patients with the coronavirus to relieve pressure on extremely strained New York City’s hospital system. “We don’t need the comfort for non-COVID cases, we need …

A general view of the exterior of Columbia University Medical Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital on February 23, 2012 in New York City. Ben Hider | Getty Images The head of surgery at one of New York’s top hospitals likened the coming weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak to war, saying doctors …