Coronavirus Timeline

Posted: Mar 11, 2020 / 05:38 PM CDT / Updated: Apr 7, 2020 / 09:36 PM CDT

Here’s an interactive look at the development and spread of the coronavirus.

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Perkins among mayors calling on Biden to give families recurring checks during pandemic

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) -- Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins is among a group of mayors calling on President Joe Biden to give families recurring checks during the coronavirus pandemic.

On Thursday Mayor Perkins announced that he was joining 33 mayors from around the country to ask President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to support giving 16 million Americans more than just one check throughout the COVID-19 crisis.

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Fauci says US will remain WHO member, join global coronavirus vaccine program

GENEVA (NewsNation Now) — President Joe Biden’s top medical adviser on COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci, on Thursday announced renewed U.S. support for the World Health Organization after it faced criticism from the Trump administration, laying out new commitments to tackle the coronavirus and other global health issues.

Fauci, speaking by videoconference from pre-dawn United States to WHO’s executive board, said the U.S. will join the U.N. health agency’s efforts to bring vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics to people in need, whether in rich or poor countries. He said the U.S. will also resume full funding and staffing support for WHO.

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Biden releases national virus strategy, requires mask use for travel

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. enters “what may well be the toughest and deadliest period of the virus,” President Joe Biden is putting forth a national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks — including a requirement that they be worn for travel.

Biden also will address inequities in hard-hit minority communities as he signs 10 pandemic-related executive orders on Thursday, his second day in office.

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