This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: At least 2,790,986. Global deaths: At least 195,920. Most cases reported: United States (890,524), Spain (219,764), Italy (192,994), France (159,495), and Germany (154,545). The data above was compiled by Johns Hopkins
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a press briefing about the coronavirus crisis at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health in Manhasset, NY. Ron Adar | Barcroft Media | Getty Images New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the U.S. was too slow to respond to the coronavirus outbreak as it was proliferating
Customers at a bookshop in Rome on the first day of reopening during lockdown, on April 20, 2020 in Rome, Italy. Simona Granati – Corbis Italy’s legion of booksellers, stationers and artisan businesses have started to re-open their doors after a bruising period of lockdown in the country. There is a sense of both trepidation,
In this July 9, 2015, file photo, a man walks outside the headquarters of Gilead Sciences in Foster City, Calif. Eric Risberg | AP Gilead Sciences said that a draft document showing disappointing results from a closely watched clinical trial of the company’s treatment for the coronavirus contained “inappropriate characterizations” and that the study’s findings
Britain’s financial technology industry is racing to fill gaps in the government’s coronavirus business relief measures, by offering loans quickly to those struggling financially as a result of the pandemic. Several of the country’s top fintech firms have been pushing for accreditation from the state-backed British Business Bank (BBB) to be able to provide loans
Martin Shkreli Getty Images Notorious “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli on Wednesday asked to be released from prison for the remainder of his seven-year criminal sentence for fraud so that he can work on a coronavirus treatment. Shkreli, who has about 41 months remaining on that term, also is seeking to be released into home confinement
If waves of coronavirus infections ebb and flow until a vaccine arrives and if — as some have posited — we’re all likely to get it at some point, should we be preparing for a possible infection? The coronavirus is fatal for some, while others — between 25% to 50% according to the latest estimates — have no symptoms
The threat of completely destroying the U.S. economy must be weighed against the diminishing health risks from the coronavirus, real estate mogul Barry Sternlicht told CNBC on Tuesday. “I actually think we have to reopen the economy. We have to do it ZIP code by ZIP code,” said Sternlicht, whose $60 billion Starwood Capital Group has interests in
The Brandenburg Gate casts long shadows over the almost deserted Pariser Platz, April 15, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Kay Nietfeld | dpa | picture alliance via Getty Images While much of western Europe has struggled to contain the coronavirus pandemic, Germany has appeared to navigate the outbreak relatively smoothly, with widespread testing and contact tracing
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer at Google LLC, speaks during the Google Cloud Next ’19 event in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google is announcing the general availability of technology that, if widely adopted, could make it easier for patients to access their own
European stocks are poised for a positive open Monday as global coronavirus developments remain in focus, along with a sharp fall in U.S. oil prices. London’s FTSE is seen 59 points higher at 5,822, the German DAX is seen opening 137 points higher at 10,733, France’s CAC 40 is seen 57 points higher at 4,537
US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 6, 2020, in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday said the problems surrounding the delayed coronavirus tests from the U.S.
Foreign workers are seen outside their dormitory room at Cochrane Lodge I, which was declared as an isolation area on April 16, 2020 in Singapore. Singapore government reported a record of 447 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on April 15, 404 of which are cases linked to the foreign worker dormitories, bringing the country’s total to
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Minnesota Governor’s Residence. Liberate Minnesota and other groups opposed to Gov. Tim Walz’s stay home orders protested outside the governor’s residence in St. Paul. Glen Stubbe | Star Tribune | Getty Images This past week saw a number of protests spring up around the country demanding the reopening of
This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 2,240,700 Global deaths: At least 153,871 Most cases reported: United States (700,282), Spain (190,839), Italy (172,434), France (149,130), and Germany (141,397). The data above was compiled by
[The stream is slated to start at 12:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] World Health Organization officials are holding a press conference to update the public on the coronavirus outbreak, which has infected more than 2.1 million people worldwide killed at least 147,384.
Chinese men wear protective masks as they watch the evening news on a screen outside a shopping mall on April 15, 2020 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images China reported that its first quarter GDP contracted by 6.8% in 2020 from a year ago as the world’s second largest economy took a huge hit
Laboratory technicians work on testing samples from people to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a laboratory in Shenyang in China’s northeastern Liaoning province on February 12, 2020. STR | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. intelligence community is examining whether the virus that caused a global pandemic emerged accidentally from a Chinese research
Iceland’s strategy to track the spread of the coronavirus can be used in the U.S., deCODE Genetics CEO Kári Stefánsson told CNBC on Wednesday. Stefánsson, whose Reykjavík-based company is known for its work analyzing the human genome, noted the obvious size differences between the U.S. and Iceland. For starters, the U.S. has about 330 million people while
Doug Parker, CEO of American Airlines Adam Jeffery | CNBC The record drop in air travel demand because of the coronavirus pandemic appears to be as bad as it’s going to get, American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said Wednesday. “It certainly feels like we’re at the bottom,” Parker told CNBC in an interview. “Our revenues are down