Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY

New York’s coronavirus death toll has topped 10,000 even as the absence of fresh hot spots in the U.S. or elsewhere in the world yielded a ray of optimism in global efforts against the virus. Officials around the world worried that halting quarantine and social distancing behaviors could easily undo the hard-earned progress. Still, there were signs that countries were looking in that direction. Spain permitted some workers to return to their jobs, a hard-hit region of Italy loosened its lockdown restrictions and grim predictions of a virus that would move with equal ferocity from New York to other parts of America had not yet materialized.

AP’s coronavirus podcast, “Ground Game: Inside the Outbreak,” today is about the many different sounds we are hearing during this pandemic. Listen to the podcast at https://appodcasts.com/category/ground-game/. Embed code is available on AP Coverage Plan.

The AP plans the following coverage. For up-to-the minute information, visit AP Newsroom’s coverage hub at https://newsroom.ap.org/page/Coronavirus Find AP Virus Alerts here

UPCOMING:

MED-VIRUS OUTBREAK-OLD VACCINES: Scientists are dusting off some decades-old vaccines against other germs to see if they could provide stopgap protection against COVID-19 until a more precise shot arrives. It may sound weird: Vaccines are designed to target a specific disease. But vaccines made using live strains of bacteria or viruses seem to give the immune system an overall boost. And history books show that sometimes translates into cross-protection against other, completely different bugs. By Medical Writer Lauran Neergaard. UPCOMING: 1,000 words, photos by 5 p.m.

SENT/DEVELOPING:

VIRUS OUTBREAK: New York’s coronavirus death toll topped 10,000 on Monday even as the absence of fresh hot spots in the U.S. or elsewhere in the world yielded a ray of optimism in global efforts against the disease, though a return to normal was unlikely anytime soon. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST and VIRUS OUTBREAK-WHAT'S HAPPENING.

FINANCIAL MARKETS: Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street as investors brace for what is sure to be widespread damage to company earnings because of the coronavirus. SENT; developing. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-BUSINESS FALLOUT.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: The coronavirus outbreak has laid bare the human cost of America’s financial inequality, which has been widening for years. The question is whether this crisis -- and the vulnerabilities it has exposed -- will lead to permanent reforms in economic policy to try to narrow America’s gaping inequalities, as the Great Depression did and the Great Recession largely did not. SENT: 1200 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SHUTDOWN-Q&A: President Donald Trump has shown no reluctance to use his White House perch to commend and criticize governors over steps they’ve taken to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But one thing Trump can’t do, despite his assertion to the contrary on Monday, is command them to ease restrictions they imposed because of the virus outbreak. SENT: 960 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-STATE COMPACTS: Democratic governors in the Northeast and along the West Coast are announcing separate state compacts to coordinate how to begin reopening society amid the coronavirus pandemic.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-DYING ALONE: Don Pijanowski was not surrounded by loved ones when he died. Instead, the 87-year-old father of four died in a New York hospital with a nurse who stood near him and passed on his sons’ final message. The new coronavirus is so contagious that health care facilities aren’t letting spouses, sons and daughters gather around the dying for fear of spreading the infection. SENT: 790 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-UNINSURED: The Trump administration’s opposition to “Obamacare” could become an obstacle to helping millions of uninsured people in the coronavirus outbreak, as well as many workers losing coverage because of the economic shutdown. SENT: 890 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-MALARIA DRUG: Scientists in Brazil have stopped part of a study of a malaria drug touted as a possible coronavirus treatment after heart rhythm problems developed in one-quarter of people given the higher of two doses being tested. SENT: 390 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-PRISONS: Prisoner rights advocates say the Bureau of Prisons is “slow walking” the release of federal inmates at a Louisiana lockup where the coronavirus has killed six prisoners and infected dozens of others. SENT: 700 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-COLLEGE APPLICANTS: Pandemic or not, the clock is ticking for high school seniors making up their minds about where to go to college. SENT: 660 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TOO MANY DECISIONS: The notion of decision fatigue has been around for a long time — long before the virus came. Now, though, the most fleeting of daily choices — no matter who or where you are — suddenly have potentially monumental consequences. SENT: 1,010 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW YORK-OFF KILTER-PHOTO ESSAY: In its highest moments, New York City is dizzying. Today, it is dizzying in a different way. SENT: 750 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SWEDEN’S APPROACH: Sweden is pursuing relatively liberal policies to fight the coronavirus pandemic, even though there has been a sharp spike in deaths. SENT: 850 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONLINE MARIJUANA SALES: Colorado has made online sales of recreational marijuana legal during the coronavirus pandemic, fulfilling one of the pot industry’s biggest wishes. SENT: 690 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-NEPAL ANIMALS: Every morning and evening, guards and volunteers at Nepal’s most revered Hindu temple gather to feed hundreds of monkeys, cows and pigeons. SENT: 350 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-DIARY-THE BALCONY WATCHER: Balconies are a kind of extension of a window on the world. During Month One of lockdown in Italy, stepping out onto them kept some people connected to a drastically shrunken daily universe. One resident of Rome says she goes out on her balcony every afternoon for a break. SENT: 580 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-JAPAN-ABE: A tweet by Japan’s prime minister urging citizens to stay home to stop the coronavirus appears to have rubbed many people frustrated by his handling of the crisis the wrong way. SENT: 850 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA

VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRITAIN: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had strong praise for the country’s National Health Service and the medical workers who tended to him during his recent hospitalization for the coronavirus, saying they saved his life. SENT: 1000 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-AIRCRAFT CARRIER: The Navy says a sailor who was hospitalized in intensive care on Guam last week has died of coronavirus-related complications. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ABORTION: A federal appeals court has partially lifted a lower-court order that largely blocked the enforcement of a Texas abortion ban during the coronavirus pandemic. SENT/developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW YORK: Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New York’s death toll from coronavirus topped 10,000, with hospitals still seeing 2,000 new patients a day. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-THEME PARKS: Some of the 43,000 workers whose unions reached a deal with Walt Disney World over the weekend on temporary furloughs that allow them to keep their benefits aren’t going quietly. SENT: 600 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ECONOMIC IMPACT CHECKS: Americans should begin to see the first economic impact payments hit their bank accounts this week. The IRS tweeted Saturday that it had begun depositing funds into taxpayers’ bank accounts and would be working to get them out as fast as they can. SENT: 790 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is asserting that he is the ultimate decision-maker for determining how and when to relax the social distancing guidelines put in place because of the coronavirus. SENT/developing.

ELECTION 2020-WISCONSIN: Clerks across Wisconsin will count votes Monday, six days after last week’s chaotic presidential primary. District Judge William Conley rejected a plea by Democrats and liberal groups to postpone the election, but ordered an extended period for absentee voting and barred clerks from counting the returns until Monday. SENT; developing.

ELECTION 2020-HOUSE-CALIFORNIA SPECIAL ELECTION: Mail-in ballots are going out in a California special election for a vacant U.S. House seat. The fight in the swing 25th District north of Los Angeles has been overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 920 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-BACKUP HOSPITALS: States across the country are converting convention centers, sports facilities and performance spaces into backup treatment sites for coronavirus patients. Tennessee is no exception, but what Memphis residents don’t get is why a shopping center in the middle of a predominantly black, low-income residential neighborhood has been singled out. SENT: 890 words, photos.

ALSO:

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SUPREME COURT: The Supreme Court says it will hold arguments by teleconference in May in key cases, including President Donald Trump’s bid to shield his tax and other financial records. SENT: 450 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-STEPHANOPOULOS: ABC ‘Good Morning America’ anchor George Stephanopoulos says he has tested positive for the coronavirus, but is relatively symptom-free. SENT: 130 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SOUTH AFRICA-LOCKDOWN ISSUES: South Africa’s strict, five-week lockdown, credited with slowing the rate of coronavirus infections and reducing overall crime, has also been marked by some violence. SENT: 470 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-MIDEAST: Egypt has reopened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip after nearly three weeks, allowing hundreds of Palestinians stranded by the coronavirus pandemic to return home. SENT: 250 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CALIFORNIA-INSURANCE PREMIUMS: California’s insurance commissioner has ordered some companies to refund premiums for March and April because of the cronavirus pandemic. SENT: 470 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-INDIA LOCKDOWN-PHOTO GALLERY: India, a bustling country of 1.3 billion people, has slowed to an uncharacteristic crawl, transforming ordinary scenes of daily life into a surreal landscape. SENT: 310 words.

INTERACTIVES/GRAPHICS:

-US cases county-by-county. Embed code can be found in Coverage Plan. A static graphic also will be available in AP Newsroom.

-Interactive breakdown of unemployment filings by state with time scale for each (going back as far as 2000)

-Virus Europe Spread (map): An auto updating European map tracking the total confirmed cases, recoveries and deaths from coronavirus.

Additional graphics and interactives include:

- Flattening the Coronavirus Curve (Chart): Chart compares the cumulative cases over time in some of the hardest hit countries by coronavirus.

-Virus Global Spread (table): Table of countries which have confirmed cases of the virus. Table also includes when the virus was initially reported and the number of deaths by country.

-Virus Global Spread (Map): Map of countries which have confirmed cases of the virus. Map also includes when the virus was initially reported and the number of deaths by country.

-Virus Cases Compared Inside and Outside of China (Chart): Chart shows the number of confirmed cases in China over time and compares them to cases confirmed outside of China.

-Virus US State Map: State by state count of confirmed cases in the U.S.

-Virus US State Table: Table tracks the number of cases, recoveries and deaths for the US including its territories.

-Status of Cases Worldwide: Auto-updating once a day, this chart tracks the levels of active cases and deaths from COVID-19 around the world over time.

-Hospitality Workforce in the US: Coronavirus precautions have struck many U.S. business industries hard, especially the hospitality and service industry, where more than 16 million Americans work for support their livelihoods. This U.S. map highlights the number of hospitality workers and their average annual income by county along with the number of hospitality businesses. It is helpful in illustrating the potential impact of job loss to so many across the nation.

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