Countries under coronavirus lockdowns should only ease those restrictions if they can control new infections and trace contacts, the World Health Organization says. Here, Hashim, a health care worker, recently greeted his daughter through a glass door as they maintained social distance due to the COVID-19 outbreak in New Rochelle, N.Y. Joy Malone/Reuters hide caption
The U.S. Capitol is seen on April 13. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Direct deposit economic relief money is expected to be weeks ahead of physical checks. NoDerog/Getty Images hide caption
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Paramedics and hospital workers prepare to lift a COVID-19 patient onto a hospital stretcher outside the Montefiore Medical Center Moses Campus in the Bronx, Tuesday, April 07, 2020, New York City. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
Voters in masks line up at Riverside High School for Wisconsin's primary election in Milwaukee. Morry Gash/AP hide caption
The entrance of Amazon's logistics center in Bretigny-sur-Orge, one of six Amazon facilities in France. Chesnot/Getty Images hide caption
Germany's social distancing requirements have been extended to May 3, but the country is taking steps to re-open parts of public life. Here, two men sit at a distance in Berlin's Kreuzberg district on Wednesday. David Gannon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Retail sales plunged a record 8.7% last month as the coronavirus pandemic shut down economic activity around the country. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
The World Health Organization is is "absolutely critical to the world's efforts to win the war against COVID-19," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said, after President Trump said he will halt funding to the agency. Here, a WHO staff member inspects a coronaviruus quarantine facility at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip in March. via REUTERS hide caption
President Trump said Tuesday that he'll stop funding the World Health Organization "while a review is conducted" of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Stanford medical student Thomas Koehnkz takes a blood sample from Alan Wessel of Mountain View, Calif., for a coronavirus antibody study. Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images hide caption
The Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina where the 2020 Republican National Convention will be held. GOP officials insist there are no plans to cancel or delay the August gathering due to coronavirus pandemic but say some changes may needed for public health reasons. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Passengers are tested for COVID-19 at Dubai International Airport on Wednesday before departing to Tunisia. Emirates Airline hide caption
FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor speaks at a White House coronavirus task force briefing in March. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
The U.S. Capitol is viewed as a kite flies at the National Mall in Washington earlier this month. Both the House and Senate delayed their return to Washington and leaders are now saying Congress is not expected to return before May 4. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
The plunge in demand for air travel during the coronavirus crisis is reflected on an airport screen in New Orleans on April 4. Carlos Barria/Reuters hide caption
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren appear before a Democratic primary debate in Ohio last year. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Admiral Brett Giroir, M.D., assistant secretary for health in the U.S. Public Health Service, speaks during one of the daily briefings on COVID-19 last week. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
When Lex Frieden broke his hip, a Texas hospital decided against an operation. Frieden, a quadriplegic since 1967, would never walk, so the surgery wasn't necessary, the doctors reasoned, a decision that left him with lasting pain. Mack Taylor / Houston METRO hide caption
