If countries start to open up too early, there could be a risk of unleashing a second wave of infections, according to an epidemiologist at the University of Hong Kong.
The sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat by a Chinese surveillance vessel earlier this month brought into the spotlight Beijing's multi-year assertions in the South China Sea, in which it claims nearly the entire waterway.
Personal information shared for contact tracing purposes need to be limited so that it doesn't turn into a mass invasion of privacy long term, according to Josephine Wolff.
"This is clear evidence that our aggressive strategy to combat the virus is working and that Americans are following the guidelines," President Donald Trump said.
The more people in a region that have downloaded the area's contract tracing app, the more effective it's going to be at identifying people who may have been infected.
Pope Francis called for a consideration of universal basic wage "which would acknowledge and dignify the noble, essential tasks you carry out," in a letter to the World Meeting of Popular Movements, an organization representing global grassroots organizations.
"All the measures we have taken like keeping distance, wearing masks, no parties ... are definitely measures that need to be there in place for months to come," German Health Minister Jens Spahn said.
OPEC and its oil producing allies on Sunday finalized a historic agreement to cut production by 9.7 million barrels per day, following multiple days of discussions and back-and-forth between the world's largest energy producers.
"With regards to recovery and then reinfection, I believe we do not have the answers to that. That is an unknown," Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO's emergencies program, said at a press conference Monday.
"While Covid-19 accelerates very fast, it decelerates much more slowly. In other words, the way down is much slower than the way up," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference Monday.
Construction and factory workers in Spain return to work on Monday as the government lifts some of the most stringent lockdown measures, but opposition parties caution against a relaxation of the rules.