"The quicker a parent reports, then the quicker a health-care professional can evaluate, the more chance of protecting the child and seeing them through this challenge safely," de Blasio said.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding his daily press conference on the Covid-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 337,000 people across the state as of Tuesday .
Workplace dynamics will likely be transformed by the time everyone returns to the office again after coronavirus lockdown measures are lifted or eased, experts said.
Investors continued to watch for developments on the coronavirus front amid hopes of global economies reopening as social distancing measures are eased.
Researchers at the University of Albany's School of Public Health analyzed more than 1,400 medical records of hospitalized patients with Covid-19 across 25 hospitals in the New York metro area.
There were an additional 5,293 deaths that weren't previously identified as confirmed or probable coronavirus cases that "might have been directly or indirectly attributable to the pandemic," the CDC says.
Low-risk businesses and activities, such as drive-in theaters and tennis, can reopen across the state on Friday as hospitalizations and infections from Covid-19 continue to decline, Cuomo said.
"Certainly, there have been some reported cases of putative relapse, so, people who have fallen sick again," said Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO's emergencies program.
Several countries that have lifted coronavirus restrictions and reopened businesses have seen jumps in coronavirus cases, underscoring the "challenges that may lie ahead," the World Health Organization warned Monday.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding his daily press conference on the Covid-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 335,300 people across the state as of Monday.
Russia has reported more than 11,000 new coronavirus cases Monday while Spain's daily coronavirus death toll has fallen to 123, its lowest level in seven weeks, Reuters noted.
China could find itself having to write off massive loans as countries that owe Beijing money under its massive infrastructure project struggle with mounting debts.
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