Travel restrictions, flight cancellations and hotel closures have happened globally as the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the travel plans of millions. Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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U.S. President Donald Trump addresses reporters at the daily coronavirus news briefing on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
"It's really intense and it's really frightening," says Nicolena Loshonkohl in Roanoke, Va. She's a single mom with a 2-year-old daughter and lost her job at a hair salon a month ago. Loshonkohl is still waiting on the bulk of her unemployment benefits to start. Courtesy of Nicolena Loshonkohl hide caption
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President Trump at the daily coronavirus briefing on Tuesday, when he declared his intent to halt funding to the World Health Organization; and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO. Alex Brandon/AP; Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Experts from the World Health Organization say they gave explicit warnings about the risks of the COVID-19 outbreak in early January. They said this after President Trump this week accused the agency of obscuring the truth. Above: the WHO's headquarters in Geneva. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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
A Yonkers Fire Department EMT wears full personal protective equipment during the coronavirus shutdown in Westchester County, New York. County leaders across the country say they need help paying for essential services as the shutdown continues. John Moore / Getty Images hide caption
Vice President Mike Pence speaks as he leads a video teleconference with governors about the coronavirus, during a trip to FEMA on March 23. the Federal Emergency Management Agency is keeping a tight grip on critical medical supplies leaving the country – and coming in from overseas. This has frustrated states who are in need of masks, gowns, ventilators and other medical supplies. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Flag-waving, honking protesters drove past the Michigan Capitol on Wednesday to show their displeasure with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's orders to keep people at home and businesses locked during the COVID-19 outbreak. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
International Brotherhood of Teamsters President James P. Hoffa is seen in the East Room of the White House in 2015. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Kelly Craft meets with President Trump at the White House on Dec. 5, 2019. Craft says the president acted out of "moral obligation" when he said he would halt funding for the WHO. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
The U.S. Capitol is seen on April 13. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announces the state's first death from the coronavirus during a news conference in Jefferson City, Mo., last month. David A. Lieb/AP hide caption
Direct-deposit economic relief money is expected to be weeks ahead of physical checks. NoDerog/Getty Images hide caption
Securities and Exchange Commission Co-Directors of Enforcement Stephanie Avakian and Steven Peikin speak during a news conference in 2018. Avakian and Peikin say their office is aggressively pursuing enforcement related to the coronavirus pandemic. Zach Gibson/Getty Images hide caption
Joe Newman, 107, hugs his fiancée, Anita Sampson, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday with a party over Zoom. ABC Action News hide caption
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Election officials carrying equipment during last month's presidential primary in El Paso. A Texas judge says he will allow all voters to apply for absentee ballots in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The state typically makes it difficult to cast such ballots. Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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