COVID-19 Pandemic Update: White House Plans To Pay Hospitals For Uninsured Patients’ Coronavirus Care

Summary:

• US nonfarm payroll was an unmitigated disaster.
• Russia reports drop in cases after extending quarantine
• NY COVID-19 cases top 100k
• Bolsonaro urges the country to “go back to work” as Brazil’s governors say the opposite
• Brazil says first COVID-19 case and death in South American happened 1 month earlier
• Beijing says more than half of foreign diplomats identified as close contacts of COVID-19 patients
• NJ reports jump in new cases, deaths
• Number of recovered patients tops 250k globally
• Japan sees a resurgence of cases continue
• Navy hospital ship in NY only treating 20 patients
• White House plans to pay for coronavirus care
• CNN’s Brooke Baldwin tests positive
• The Netherlands reports another 148 deaths
• UK reports biggest daily jump in deaths
• Thousands of small business owners excluded from ‘Paycheck Protection Program’
• Spain, Germany report encouraging deceleration in new cases
• Singapore launches strict 14-day lockdown to fight virus resurgence
• Trump slams 3M on twitter
• 400M in loans doled out
• Bank of America becomes the first big bank to issue loans via the plan
• Mnuchin confirms ‘Paycheck Protection Plan’ is a go
• Tokyo mayor warns about the resurgence of cases on CNN