The World Health Organization is warning President Donald Trump about politicizing the coronavirus outbreak. The president said earlier this week he’d look into withholding funding from the organization. CBSN political contributor and Associated Press White House reporter Zeke Miller joins Elaine Quijano to discuss the latest. Source
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Italian cemeteries can’t keep up with deaths from pandemic
In Bergamo, a city in Northern Italy, bodies are being kept in a makeshift morgue, unrefrigerated. Source
Fauci: U.S. must prepare for infections to “rear their heads again”
While social distancing is working, we can’t loosen restrictions yet, Dr. Anthony Fauci said. Source
Tyler Perry pays grocery bills for elderly shoppers
“You hear about these things, but you never expect for it to happen to you,” one shopper said. Source
Utility worker sings to woman isolated at senior home
“She was so happy to see him. She knew his heart, even from the distance,” the 94-year-old woman’s daughter told CBS News. Source
Senate Democrats block $250 billion expansion of small business loans
Democrats have called for more money for hospitals and state and local governments. Source
A decade of job growth vanishes in less than a month
Roughly 16.8 million workers have filed for jobless benefits since the coronavirus slammed the U.S. economy. Source
Anna Wintour on efforts to rescue the fashion industry
Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour speaks to Gayle King about her efforts to help the fashion industry through the coronavirus crisis amid predictions that global sales will drop up to 30%. Wintour teamed up with designer Tom Ford to repurpose the Vogue Fashion Fund as a new fundraising initiative called “A Common Thread.” The fund was initially created in response to 9/11 and has already raised over $3 million for the current effort. Source
Surgeon general on COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on black America
Adams spoke with BET exclusively about what communities of color can do to protect themselves and why even he’s concerned about his own children wearing masks in public. Source
Senate to take up expansion of small business loan program
Senate Democrats plan to introduce an alternative proposal on the Senate floor to expand the program. Source