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The World Health Organization walked back an earlier assertion that asymptomatic transmission is “very rare.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci said that Covid-19 was his “worst nightmare” but that he was “almost certain” there would be more than one successful vaccine.
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As cities and countries ease restrictions, public health experts are embracing the idea of “harm reduction” to help people lower their risk of infection while still living a full life. Our Well editor, Tara Parker-Pope, came up with five rules to guide you in making the best decisions for yourself:As cities and countries ease restrictions, public health experts are embracing the idea of “harm reduction” to help people lower their risk of infection while still living a full life. Our Well editor, Tara Parker-Pope, came up with five rules to guide you in making the best decisions for yourself:
1. Track your area’s health status. You want to know the percentage of positive tests in your community or state. When the rate stays at 5 percent or lower for two weeks, there’s most likely enough testing taking place to control the spread of the virus.1. Track your area’s health status. You want to know the percentage of positive tests in your community or state. When the rate stays at 5 percent or lower for two weeks, there’s most likely enough testing taking place to control the spread of the virus.
2. Limit close contacts. The safest interactions are with members of your household, but if you want to widen your circle, the key is consistency. Consider forming a “quarantine pod,” in which two or three households agree on safety precautions and socialize only with one another.2. Limit close contacts. The safest interactions are with members of your household, but if you want to widen your circle, the key is consistency. Consider forming a “quarantine pod,” in which two or three households agree on safety precautions and socialize only with one another.
3. Manage your exposure. Think of your activities like items on a budget: You’ll have to make trade-offs, balancing higher-risk events and interactions, like a dinner party or a haircut, with lower-risk ones, like grocery shopping.3. Manage your exposure. Think of your activities like items on a budget: You’ll have to make trade-offs, balancing higher-risk events and interactions, like a dinner party or a haircut, with lower-risk ones, like grocery shopping.
4. Keep riskier activities short. When making plans, think about how much open space there will be, the number of other people and the amount of time you’re likely to spend. Try to keep indoor events to under an hour, and always wear a mask during close conversations.4. Keep riskier activities short. When making plans, think about how much open space there will be, the number of other people and the amount of time you’re likely to spend. Try to keep indoor events to under an hour, and always wear a mask during close conversations.
5. Don’t let your guard down. The advice we’ve heard time and again still applies: Practice social distancing, wash your hands often, and be extra cautious if you or someone in your circle is at higher risk.5. Don’t let your guard down. The advice we’ve heard time and again still applies: Practice social distancing, wash your hands often, and be extra cautious if you or someone in your circle is at higher risk.
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Moscow has begun to emerge from its lockdown, one of the strictest in the world, even as the city continued to report more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases daily.Moscow has begun to emerge from its lockdown, one of the strictest in the world, even as the city continued to report more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases daily.
The reopening, announced on Monday, is rolling out in three phases and comes less than a month before a nationwide vote that would allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in office until 2036. The final phase is scheduled for June 23, the day before the city has planned a military parade — a grand statement that could help Mr. Putin drum up much-needed enthusiasm for the referendum.The reopening, announced on Monday, is rolling out in three phases and comes less than a month before a nationwide vote that would allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in office until 2036. The final phase is scheduled for June 23, the day before the city has planned a military parade — a grand statement that could help Mr. Putin drum up much-needed enthusiasm for the referendum.
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“The speed with which everything changed is quite striking,” Anton Troianovski, a Times correspondent in Moscow, told us. “Streets are full; people no longer seem to be universally wearing masks as they were last month.”“The speed with which everything changed is quite striking,” Anton Troianovski, a Times correspondent in Moscow, told us. “Streets are full; people no longer seem to be universally wearing masks as they were last month.”
In New Jersey, the governor said that he was lifting the stay-at-home order that he had issued in March.
Residents of Spain will have to continue to wear face masks even after the country officially lifts its state of emergency on June 21.
The N.F.L. has detailed the steps that teams must take before players can return to training facilities.
The Salzburg Festival, the starriest and most important classical music and opera festival, announced that it would go forward in August, but in modified form.
Here’s a roundup of restrictions in all 50 states.Here’s a roundup of restrictions in all 50 states.
Fourteen states and Puerto Rico recorded their highest seven-day averages of new infections since the pandemic began, The Washington Post reports.
A new Harvard Medical School study using satellite imagery found dramatic spikes in car traffic around major hospitals in Wuhan last fall, suggesting that the virus was spreading through China before it was reported to the world, ABC reports.
Some members of the D.C. National Guard who responded to protests in the nation’s capital have tested positive, McClatchy reports.
Testing nursing home workers can help stop the spread of the virus, but there’s a dispute over who should pay — insurers or employers.
Major U.S. airlines are starting to see business come back as Americans emerge from months at home and book summer vacations.
While many delivery apps say they are saving restaurants during the pandemic, many restaurateurs say the apps’ large fees are doing just the opposite.
Every Tuesday afternoon, I read to my 5-year-old granddaughter on FaceTime. I order one book sent to her in Brooklyn and one for me in upstate New York, and we each turn the pages of our books while I read. Then we talk, and it is almost as if we are together, but not quite.
— Nora Staffanell, Monroe, N.Y.
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