The tests are not reliable enough to guide policy on lockdowns and reopenings, experts said. But they can help model the spread of the virus.
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Two Cats Are First U.S. Pets to Test Positive for Coronavirus
The animals appear to have mild symptoms and likely caught the virus from their owners. And there’s no evidence pets can pass it to humans.
Chile, India, France: Coronavirus World News Updates
The pandemic has reached Afghanistan’s presidential palace. Volunteers are stoking divisions as they tighten India’s lockdown.
The Coronavirus in America: The Year Ahead
There will be no quick return to our previous lives, according to nearly two dozen experts. But there is hope for managing the scourge now and in the long term.
With Broad, Random Tests for Antibodies, Germany Seeks Path Out of Lockdown
It was the first large Western democracy to contain the spread of the coronavirus and is now the first to methodically go about reopening its economy. Others are watching.
U.K. Paid $20 Million for New Coronavirus Tests. They Didn’t Work.
Facing a global scramble for materials, British officials bought millions of unproven kits from China in a gamble that became an embarrassment.
U.K. Extends Lockdown 3 Weeks, With No Clear Exit Strategy
The government said lifting the lockdown now would risk the country’s progress, but its silence on how and when it would end sowed doubts about if there is a concrete plan.
U.K. Paid $20 Million for New Coronavirus Tests. They Didn’t Work.
Facing a global scramble for materials, British officials bought millions of unproven kits from China in a gamble that became an embarrassment.
Russia Admits the Coronavirus Is Taking Hold After Months of Denial
The mayor of hard-hit Moscow acknowledged that “the situation is becoming increasingly problematic.”
Iceland’s Coronavirus Test Has Skeptics, but It May Be Working
Critics say the Nordic island country should also have closed all of its schools and stopped tourism. But the government says it believes that new cases have peaked.