Spain called off the Running of the Bulls in July, the U.S. scrapped the national spelling bee in June and Germany even canceled Oktoberfest, making it clear that the gathering drive to return to normal in Europe and the U.S. could be a two-steps-forward, one-step-back process in the effort to stave off coronavirus. Meanwhile, U.N. leaders called for efforts to ensure that all people have access to testing, medical supplies, drugs and future vaccines, especially in developing countries where virus cases were beginning to crest. African officials have been outspoken about the need for medical supplies across the 54-nation continent.

AP’s coronavirus podcast, “Ground Game: Inside the Outbreak,” today looks at how the World Health Organization has been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and the U.N. agency’s rift with President Donald Trump. Listen to the podcast after 3 p.m. at https://appodcasts.com/category/ground-game/. Embed code is available on AP Coverage Plan.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-LOANS: Companies with thousands of employees, past regulatory run-ins and risks of financial failure even before the coronavirus walloped the economy were among those receiving millions from a relief fund that Congress created to help U.S. small businesses through the crisis, an Associated Press investigation finds. SENT: 2,080 words, photos. With Abridged.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK: Spain called off the Running of the Bulls in July, the U.S. scrapped the national spelling bee in June and Germany canceled Oktoberfest five months away, making it clear Tuesday that the effort to beat back the coronavirus and return to normal could be a long and dispiriting process. SENT; developing. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST and VIRUS OUTBREAK-WHAT’S HAPPENING.

FINANCIAL MARKETS: Oil prices are continuing to collapse, and U.S. stocks dropped to their worst loss in weeks as worries sweep markets about the economic damage caused by the coronavirus outbreak. SENT; developing. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-BUSINESS FALLOUT, OIL PRICES-Q&A, EXISTING HOME SALES, and BRITAIN ECONOMY.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-BURYING THE DEAD: As the pandemic’s death toll charges past 10,000 in New York City, funeral directors, gravediggers and others who tend to a body’s final chapter are sprinting to keep up. SENT: 950 words, photos, video.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-EXECUTION DRUGS: A group of medical professionals is asking death penalty states for medications used both for lethal injections and to help coronavirus patients who are on ventilators. SENT: 670 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-MALARIA DRUG: A malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus showed no benefit in a large new study. SENT: 400 words; and VIRUS OUTBREAK-HOME TEST: U.S. health regulators have OK’d the first coronavirus test that allows people to take their own sample at home. SENT: 310 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CORONAVIRUS UNKNOWNS: Important questions about the coronavirus remain unanswered, and are complicating efforts to return to normal: who is contagious, who is most at risk, and whether people who have recovered are protected from getting it again. SENT: 800 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-BACK TO BUSINESS: Companies are faced with the task of figuring out what “back to business” looks like in the age of the new coronavirus. SENT: 760 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SKIPPING HOME SCHOOL: The frustration of parents is mounting as more families across the U.S. enter their second or even third week of total distance learning. Some say it will be their last. SENT: 1070 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-PROTESTS-MISINFORMATION: A wave of Facebook groups launched by pro-gun advocacy groups and conservative activists has mobilized people to protest stay-at-home orders in states around the country. SENT: 990 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-FELONS: Government guidelines say that businesses are ineligible for the Paycheck Protection Program if anyone who owns at least 20 percent of the company is incarcerated, under indictment, on probation or parole or had been convicted of a felony within the last five years. SENT: 950 words, photos.

UNITED STATES-CHINA-POLL: A new poll finds Americans are increasingly hostile to China as the coronavirus wreaks havoc on the U.S. and global economies. SENT: 650 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-WASHINGTON: The back-and-forth between President Donald Trump and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been marked by insults, sharply contrasting views on the role of federal government and some moments of mutual admiration. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-RAMADAN: Ramadan begins with the new moon later this week and Muslims around the world are trying to maintain the many cherished rituals of Islam’s holiest month without further spreading the outbreak. SENT: 1,180 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-5G-CONSPIRACY-THEORIES: Conspiracy theories linking new 5G mobile networks and the coronavirus pandemic are fueling arson attacks on cell towers in Europe. SENT: 900 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-INDONESIA’S DENIAL: While Indonesia’s neighbors scrambled early this year to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the government of the world’s fourth most populous nation insisted that everything was fine. SENT: 1,130 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-DESPERATE-PORK-FARMERS: Restaurant closures due to the coronavirus have contributed to an estimated $5 billion in losses this year for the U.S. pork industry, and almost overnight millions of hogs stacking up on farms now have little value. SENT: 920 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-RIDDLE ME THIS: Fifteen-year-old Sarah Schneider’s grandmother is full of riddles. She’s sharing them in emails to sick children forced into isolation. SENT: 575 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS: Congress has reached a tentative agreement with President Donald Trump on a nearly $500 billion coronavirus relief bill. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ISRAEL-HOLOCAUST: With the global coronavirus pandemic ravaging the elderly, Israel’s aging population of Holocaust survivors finds itself on the country’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Day this year much like they were during World War II — alone and in fear of the unknown. SENT: 730 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TOURISM CRISIS: The European Union’s tourist industry is facing a “staggering” decline because of the coronavirus crisis and a top EU official wants the sector to be first in line when it comes to recovery funds. SENT: 600 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-DIARY-THE PARENTS: One writer’s parents are still in the home they bought in 1959. But both have endured knives that cut out cancer. If the coronavirus caught them, they would not wrench free. SENT: 650 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-LOST LIVES-BISTRO OWNER: Viviane Bouculat spent over three decades as the owner, cook and beating heart of l’Annexe, a bistro in the Paris suburb of Ivry-sur-Seine. SENT: 630 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-UN HUNGER: The head of the U.N. food agency is warning that, as the world is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, it is also “on the brink of a hunger pandemic.” SENT: 600 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-ASIA: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expresses concern that people haven’t been social distancing as much as they are supposed to under the state of emergency he declared two weeks ago to fight the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 900 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-SOUTHEAST ASIA GLANCE.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW YORK: Roundup of New York corona news. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP IMMIGRATION: President Donald Trump says he’ll sign an executive order “to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States” because of the coronavirus. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPELLING BEE: This year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee has been canceled after organizers concluded there was “no clear path to safely set a new date in 2020” because of the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 670 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-KIDS NEWSCAST: NBC’s Lester Holt is launching a twice-weekly digital newscast for children aimed at calming fears and answering questions about the coronavirus. SENT: 610 words, photos.

BOOKS-BEACH READS IN SHELTER: Authors and booksellers contend, and hope, that you don’t need a beach to read a beach book. SENT: 710 words, photos.

TOKYO-POSTPONEMENT-COSTS: An open conflict breaks out between Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC over who will pay for the unprecedented year-long postponement. SENT: 610 words, photos.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-MISSOURI-CHINESE OUTBREAK: The state of Missouri filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Chinese government over the coronavirus, alleging that nation’s officials are to blame for the global pandemic. SENT: 225 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SURVIVORS FUND: New York Life Insurance Co. and Cigna Corp. are setting up a $100 million fund to support the families of health care workers who have died treating COVID-19 patients. SENT: 300 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-BODY TRANSPORT: A spokesman for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health says transporting bodies from a hospital to the medical examiner’s office in the back of a pickup truck is “unacceptable.” SENT: 410 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-PASTOR'S ARREST: Officials in Louisiana arrested a pastor who allegedly drove a bus at a man protesting the pastor’s continued defiance of orders to stay at home. SENT: 665 words.

MAR-A-LAGO LAYOFFS: President Donald Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago club in Florida is temporarily laying off 153 workers because of the new coronavirus. SENT: 180 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ABORTION-OKLAHOMA: A federal judge says Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s attempt to ban abortions during the coronavirus pandemic cannot be enforced. SENT: 230 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-AFRICA: South Africa’s president has announced an “extraordinary budget” of $500 billion rand ($26 billion) to address the huge socioeconomic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 480 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SBA DATA BREACH: The Small Business Administration reports it had a potential data breach last month in its website that handles disaster loan applications. SENT: 310 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-DUBAI EXPO: A world body has tentatively approved Dubai’s request to move its Expo 2020 world’s fair to next year. SENT: 220 words.

TV-MAGNOLIA NETWORK: Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Network will be blooming late because of the coronavirus crisis. SENT: 140 words.

PEOPLE-MAURICE BENARD: Longtime “General Hospital” star Maurice Benard says sheltering in place can take its toll on your mental health. SENT: 520 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-WISCONSIN ELECTION: Milwaukee’s health commissioner says officials have identified seven people who appear to have contracted the coronavirus through activities related to the April 7 election in Wisconsin. SENT: 500 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CENSUS SURVEY: The Census Bureau is launching an experimental, weekly survey to provide concrete data on what has been going on at the national and state levels since the coronavirus started spreading. SENT: 320 words.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-ITALY-CIRCUS-PHOTO-GALLERY: A traveling circus is staying put in virus-hit Italy. SENT: 560 words.

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

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

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