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| Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today | Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today |
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| This is the Coronavirus Briefing, an informed guide to the global outbreak. Sign up here to get the briefing by email. | This is the Coronavirus Briefing, an informed guide to the global outbreak. Sign up here to get the briefing by email. |
| The Food and Drug Administration revoked its emergency authorization for two malaria drugs — chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine — to treat Covid-19 in hospitalized patients. | The Food and Drug Administration revoked its emergency authorization for two malaria drugs — chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine — to treat Covid-19 in hospitalized patients. |
| More than half of all four-year colleges in the U.S. won’t require SAT or ACT scores for applicants this fall. | More than half of all four-year colleges in the U.S. won’t require SAT or ACT scores for applicants this fall. |
| Get the latest updates here, plus maps and a tracker for U.S. metro areas. | Get the latest updates here, plus maps and a tracker for U.S. metro areas. |
| States in the South, West and Southwest are seeing upticks in their coronavirus case counts — and in some cases setting records — as a troubling pattern emerges in areas that began lifting restrictions earlier than others. | States in the South, West and Southwest are seeing upticks in their coronavirus case counts — and in some cases setting records — as a troubling pattern emerges in areas that began lifting restrictions earlier than others. |
| South Carolina, which was among the last states to issue stay-at-home orders and among the first to start reopening, recorded its highest number of new cases in one day — 840 — on Sunday. One representative from the state, Tom Rice, a Republican, announced today that he had the virus. | South Carolina, which was among the last states to issue stay-at-home orders and among the first to start reopening, recorded its highest number of new cases in one day — 840 — on Sunday. One representative from the state, Tom Rice, a Republican, announced today that he had the virus. |
| “It’s not just the number of states that have growth, but it’s also the rate of growth we’re seeing,” our colleague Mitch Smith, who has been helping with The Times’s coronavirus tracking project, told us. | “It’s not just the number of states that have growth, but it’s also the rate of growth we’re seeing,” our colleague Mitch Smith, who has been helping with The Times’s coronavirus tracking project, told us. |
| The Sun Belt has seen particularly alarming surges. In Arizona, which reopened pools and gyms in recent weeks, hospitals have been urged to activate emergency plans to handle a flood of Covid-19 patients. In Texas, cases are rising rapidly around the largest cities, including Houston, San Antonio and Dallas. | The Sun Belt has seen particularly alarming surges. In Arizona, which reopened pools and gyms in recent weeks, hospitals have been urged to activate emergency plans to handle a flood of Covid-19 patients. In Texas, cases are rising rapidly around the largest cities, including Houston, San Antonio and Dallas. |
| Florida on Saturday reported its highest single-day case count yet: 2,581. The number of new infections has topped 1,000 for the past six days. Across the state, bars have started voluntarily shuttering their dining rooms after workers tested positive for the virus. | Florida on Saturday reported its highest single-day case count yet: 2,581. The number of new infections has topped 1,000 for the past six days. Across the state, bars have started voluntarily shuttering their dining rooms after workers tested positive for the virus. |
| Some officials have attributed the rise in cases to expanded testing, but in the Sun Belt at least, the percentages of positive tests and hospitalizations have also increased, suggesting more transmissions. | Some officials have attributed the rise in cases to expanded testing, but in the Sun Belt at least, the percentages of positive tests and hospitalizations have also increased, suggesting more transmissions. |
| Some areas are working to reverse their upward trends. The governors of Utah and Oregon recently announced pauses to their states’ reopenings. In Nashville, the mayor has said the city will wait to enter the next phases of lifting restrictions. | Some areas are working to reverse their upward trends. The governors of Utah and Oregon recently announced pauses to their states’ reopenings. In Nashville, the mayor has said the city will wait to enter the next phases of lifting restrictions. |
| “This virus isn’t going away,” Mitch told us. “It’s going to be something that we just have to watch really closely for the foreseeable future.” | “This virus isn’t going away,” Mitch told us. “It’s going to be something that we just have to watch really closely for the foreseeable future.” |
| From the epicenter: Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York called on local officials to enforce social-distancing rules after widespread reports of violations over the weekend. He warned that if people continued to flout the rules, the state could suspend or roll back reopening plans in some areas. | From the epicenter: Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York called on local officials to enforce social-distancing rules after widespread reports of violations over the weekend. He warned that if people continued to flout the rules, the state could suspend or roll back reopening plans in some areas. |
| China is rushing to contain a fresh outbreak in Beijing after 79 new infections were linked to a food market in the south of the city. | China is rushing to contain a fresh outbreak in Beijing after 79 new infections were linked to a food market in the south of the city. |
| While the number of cases may seem low, the authorities have desperately tried to keep the virus out of the crowded metropolis of 21 million people, and this was the first cluster of cases reported in eight weeks. Containment measures in Beijing have tended to be strict — local officials shut down the market, along with residential buildings in the surrounding neighborhood, and are in the process of testing 90,000 nearby residents. | While the number of cases may seem low, the authorities have desperately tried to keep the virus out of the crowded metropolis of 21 million people, and this was the first cluster of cases reported in eight weeks. Containment measures in Beijing have tended to be strict — local officials shut down the market, along with residential buildings in the surrounding neighborhood, and are in the process of testing 90,000 nearby residents. |
| The Communist Party treated the outbreak as an embarrassing affront, but an epidemiologist said that China should get used to the idea that there will be fresh outbreaks even as the overall number of cases trends downward. As of Sunday, Beijing has recorded 499 cases of the virus and nine deaths. | The Communist Party treated the outbreak as an embarrassing affront, but an epidemiologist said that China should get used to the idea that there will be fresh outbreaks even as the overall number of cases trends downward. As of Sunday, Beijing has recorded 499 cases of the virus and nine deaths. |
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| A month after reopening, Pakistan has recorded 100,000 new virus cases as hospitals become overwhelmed and health care workers fall ill. | A month after reopening, Pakistan has recorded 100,000 new virus cases as hospitals become overwhelmed and health care workers fall ill. |
| President Emmanuel Macron of France declared a “first victory” over the virus and said all business could resume this week. | President Emmanuel Macron of France declared a “first victory” over the virus and said all business could resume this week. |
| In England, stores that sell nonessential goods reopened with restrictions today, and for the first time people taking public transit must wear face coverings. | In England, stores that sell nonessential goods reopened with restrictions today, and for the first time people taking public transit must wear face coverings. |
| The United States Tennis Association is set to announce this week that it will hold the 2020 United States Open as originally scheduled starting Aug. 31, but without spectators. | The United States Tennis Association is set to announce this week that it will hold the 2020 United States Open as originally scheduled starting Aug. 31, but without spectators. |
| Here’s a roundup of restrictions in all 50 states. | Here’s a roundup of restrictions in all 50 states. |
| Recent retractions from respected medical journals are alarming scientists who fear that the rush for research on the virus has opened the door to fraud, and threatened the credibility of prestigious publications. | Recent retractions from respected medical journals are alarming scientists who fear that the rush for research on the virus has opened the door to fraud, and threatened the credibility of prestigious publications. |
| Illnesses and deaths from preventable diseases like measles have skyrocketed in many poor countries after mass immunization efforts were halted because of the coronavirus. | Illnesses and deaths from preventable diseases like measles have skyrocketed in many poor countries after mass immunization efforts were halted because of the coronavirus. |
| Covid-19 patients, through federal aid packages, are supposed to be largely exempt from paying for their care, but mistakes are leaving some with eye-popping bills. | Covid-19 patients, through federal aid packages, are supposed to be largely exempt from paying for their care, but mistakes are leaving some with eye-popping bills. |
| American-made social media conspiracy theories about the virus are getting amplified by Russia. | American-made social media conspiracy theories about the virus are getting amplified by Russia. |
| A nurse forced to say goodbye to her mother over a video call shares the personal toll of the virus in this New Yorker video. | A nurse forced to say goodbye to her mother over a video call shares the personal toll of the virus in this New Yorker video. |
| Charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately run, have accepted at least $50 million in virus aid meant for small businesses. | Charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately run, have accepted at least $50 million in virus aid meant for small businesses. |
| Next year’s Oscars ceremony, originally scheduled for February, will be delayed until April 25 because of the pandemic. | Next year’s Oscars ceremony, originally scheduled for February, will be delayed until April 25 because of the pandemic. |
| My husband and I do origami with our twin grandchildren twice a week. All four of us select what items to make and follow YouTube videos simultaneously. We are 8,000 miles apart, but doing such things together makes us feel connected. | My husband and I do origami with our twin grandchildren twice a week. All four of us select what items to make and follow YouTube videos simultaneously. We are 8,000 miles apart, but doing such things together makes us feel connected. |
| — Bharati Kotwal, Pune, India | — Bharati Kotwal, Pune, India |
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