Pompeo told The Washington Post that Inspector General Steve Linick "wasn't performing a function in a way that we had tried to get him to," but would not provide specific examples.
Newsom said the reopening is conditioned on California's ability to hold the rate of Covid-19 transmissions steady and no additional stress is added to the hospital system.
Past pandemics have shown that multiple waves of infection are likely and tend to be more severe. Despite warnings from health experts and economists about against easing restrictions too soon — not only to protect lives but also the economy — there is growing opposition against the social distancing measures. CNBC's Tom Chitty explains.
Health Minister Matt Hancock pledged to recruit 18,000 contact tracers by mid-May, but there appears to be some confusion within the British government as to how many have actually been hired.
Speaking at the World Health Assembly, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on all nations to "do everything it takes to ensure that the 2020 coronavirus pandemic is never repeated."
The British government said the U.K. would be the first country to be given access to a vaccine being developed at Oxford University, should it prove successful in clinical trials.
With the coronavirus pandemic causing record job losses in the real world, a report has highlighted the lucrative virtual roles that people could turn to in order to earn a living going forward.