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Singapore's economy contracted by 2.2% in the first quarter from a year ago, official preliminary data showed.

As of Wednesday, more than 466,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported, resulting in at least 21,000 deaths.

"This coronavirus pandemic is worse than working in West Africa during Ebola," said one doctor.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus singled out President Donald Trump for doing a "great job" in leveraging public and private sector resources to fight the pandemic.

The agency said some people and companies are trying to profit from the coronavirus pandemic by selling unproven and illegally marketed products that make false claims.

Parents in New York City can take comfort in one thing: Zero children have died so far. People under 18 make up just 2% of the city's cases, the data shows.

Cuomo also said the $2 trillion federal stimulus deal Congress reached early Wednesday carves out $3.8 billion for New York state, and that won't be enough.

On Monday, WHO officials warned that the global outbreak is picking up pace.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding a press conference on the COVID-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 25,665 people in the state as of Tuesday.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that the state has about 3,000 to 4,000 ventilators, a potentially lifesaving device that helps patients breathe, but it needs a minimum of 30,000 additional ventilators.

The White House and Senate leaders have reached a deal on a massive $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill to combat the economic impact of the outbreak.

The coronavirus outbreak appears more contained in Asia now, while it's still running its course in the West, according to Morgan Stanley.

The White House and Senate reached a deal on a gigantic $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill early Wednesday stateside.

Local health officials said said 42% of the county's coronavirus patients are between 18 and 40 years old and 39% are between 41 and 65 years old.

As of Tuesday, more than 415,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported, resulting in at least 18,000 deaths.

Confirmed COVID-19 cases around the world topped 200,000 last week.

An unprecedented response to a global health crisis has left many to wonder exactly when things might revert to normal.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to hold a press conference on the coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 14,900 people in the city.

"It's going to be another three, four weeks until we see the peak in the epidemic curve in regions like New York, and that's the hopeful case," Gottlieb said.

Traces of the coronavirus were found up to 17 days after passengers disembarked the Diamond Princess cruise ship, surviving far longer on surfaces than previous research has shown, according to new data published Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.