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"A story like this shakes you to the bone," Gov. Phil Murphy said at a press conference.

"So, one month, we'll continue the close-down policies. What happens after then? I don't know. We will see what the data shows," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is holding his daily press conference on the Covid-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 71,000 people in the state as of Thursday.

De Blasio urged Washington lawmakers to approve $500 billion in spending in the next stimulus bill with at least $150 billion of that going toward states, cities and local municipalities.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding his daily press conference on the Covid-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 214,800 people across the state as of Thursday.

The World Health Organization's European regional director said Thursday that in the past 10 days, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Europe has doubled to reach almost 1 million.

Australia's unemployment rate in March came in at 5.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to data from the country's bureau of statistics. That was better than expectations of a 5.5% unemployment rate for the month in a Reuters poll.

Hong Kong reported four new coronavirus cases on Wednesday — the fourth consecutive day of single-digit growth in cases, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

JPMorgan Asset Management's David Kelly said South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong have a better chance of "escaping from Covid-19 than Europe and the U.S. does."

For the first time in 60 years, Asia as a region will not register any economic growth this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to IMF forecasts.

Covid-19 has infected 2,047,700 people around the world as of Wednesday, killing at least 133,354 people.

"The battle continues, but the data suggests that nationwide we have passed the peak on new cases," President Donald Trump said.

As millions stay home to curb the spread of Covid-19, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres warned that the world is witnessing a "horrifying global surge in domestic violence."

Zoom has been incorporated in Delaware since 2011 and keeps its headquarters in San Jose, California. Its largest individual shareholder is a U.S. citizen.

Even though scientists are still learning about Covid-19, the virus has shown the capability to "accelerate in a number of different climates," one WHO official says.

New York state is moving to a "new normal," Cuomo also said as he outlined a gradual reopening of businesses.

The World Health Organization is turning to other countries to help fill any gaps in financing its Covid-19 response work after Trump said the U.S. would withhold contributions.

The New York City Department of Health estimates that there have been 3,778 probable Covid-19 deaths since March 11 that were originally left out of its official fatality count.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is holding his daily press conference on the Covid-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 68,800 people in the state as of Wednesday.