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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for Wednesday April 15th, 2020. President Trump will pause funding for The World Health Organization while a review is conducted. The U.S. is the organizations largest donor. The UN Secretary General was one of many to speak out against President Trump’s decision. The American Medical Association noted that cutting funds to the WHO is “dangerous”. More than 9,000 U.S. health care workers have tested positive for the virus according to the CDC.  New York saw a major increase in fatalities. As they updated counts to include people who had not tested positive for the virus, but it was the assumed cause of death. California recorded over 1500 new cases yesterday, their highest daily number. The Governor said the state would be re-opened based on “public health, not politics”, when it was able to do six things: expand testing, protect high risk groups, have enough PPE for future surges, continue to look for therapies and treatments, set social distancing guidelines in schools and businesses and allow reinstatement of stay at home orders if necessary.   Maine has extended their state of emergency to May 15th.   Cases in Russia continue to rise at an aggressive rate and are nearing 25,000. The Health Ministry in Guatemala relayed that between 50 and 70% of those deported from the U.S. back to Guatemala have tested positive for the virus, according to The Washington Post. The Dubai World Trade Center has been turned in to a 3,000-bed hospital.  New Zealand’s Prime Minister will take a 20% pay cut. The Tour De France has been postponed, the three-week bike race will now begin on August 29th.     See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.