COVID-19 Pandemic Update: New York Sees Just 106 Deaths As Cases Of Mysterious Syndrome Affecting Children Climbs To 137

Summary: 

• Brazil reports 3rd record jump in new cases in a week
• Trump’s warning about the US imposing a travel ban on Brazil
• Trump to reportedly stop taking HQX
• California reports most coronavirus deaths in a month
• NY snaps 3-day slowdown in deaths
• All 50 states have started reopening
• Brazil recommends chloroquine to all COVID-19 patients
• Russia outbreak tops 300k cases
• Brazil reports 17k+ cases in latest record jump
• Global COVID-19 case total nears 5 million
• Rolls Royce cuts 9,000 jobs, largest layoffs in 30+ years
• Afghanistan passes 8k cases
• UN claims Africa largely ‘spared’ by a coronavirus
• Germany’s largest state reopens polls
• German government bars foreign takeovers of German health-care firms
• Spain makes mask-wearing in enclosed spaces “compulsory”
• The UK still working out quarantine guidelines for travelers
• Head of Japan’s virus advisory committee says 2nd wave possible before winter
• NJ allows car dealerships to reopen, sees a number of ICU patients slip below 1,000
• New York reports 106 new deaths
• Florida deaths cross 2,000
• 6 Premier League players have tested positive
• Spain follows Italy by reporting fewer than 100 deaths
• AP report finds Mexico COVID-19 deaths
• Oregon Supreme Court rules lockdown, other restrictions can continue
• Chinese ambassador in Canberra says the notion that WHO investigation satisfies Australia’s call for “independent” probe is “a joke”
• Trump threatens to permanently pull funding and end membership of WHO
• Brazil overtakes the UK to become the world’s 3rd-largest outbreak
• India’s case total passes 100k
• Navajo Nation now home to “biggest outbreak in the US” per CNN
• Singapore plans to start phased reopening on June 2
• Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque set to reopen after Eid