AP: White House turns to statistical models for virus forecast “Like forecasters tracking a megastorm, White House officials are relying on statistical models to help predict the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and try to protect as many people as possible. The public could get its first close look at…

Washington Post: Trump rightly extended pandemic guidance. Here’s what he should do next. Editorial Board “…[T]he month ahead must be well spent — with action. … Mr. Trump … ought to immediately and forcefully insist that governors and other elected officials follow his guidance, order people to engage in social…

CIDRAP News: Officials watch for COVID-19 to stabilize in Europe; rapid growth shifts to other areas “Global COVID-19 cases continued their steady increase, with a glimmer of hope that activity may soon stabilize in some of Europe’s hot spots, but with growing worries about the threat of the pandemic virus…

Global Health Innovative Technology Fund: GHIT Fund Announces New Investments: A Total of 3.29 Billion Yen in Drugs for Malaria, Tuberculosis, Chagas Disease, Lymphatic Filariasis, and Onchocerciasis, Vaccines for Malaria, and Diagnostics for Leishmaniasis and Mycetoma “The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund announced today a total of 3.29 billion…

CNN: Trump extends federal social distancing guidelines to April 30 “President Donald Trump said Sunday he would extend nationwide social distancing guidelines for another 30 days, an abrupt back-down from his push to reopen the country as coronavirus continues to spread. The 15-day guidelines Trump announced two weeks ago were…

AFRICA AP: In Zimbabwe, ‘you win coronavirus or you win starvation’ (Mutsaka, 3/30). AP: In Somalia, coronavirus goes from fairy tale to nightmare (Guled/Nor, 3/29). Bloomberg: Africa Is Two to Three Weeks Away From Height of Virus Storm (Naidoo, 3/29). ASIA AP: City at center of China’s virus outbreak gradually…

White House: Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing In this press briefing held Sunday, President Trump, Vice President Pence, and members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force discuss developments regarding the U.S. response to COVID-19 (3/30).

AFRICA The Guardian: ‘We fear, but have to work’: isolation not an option for the poor of Nairobi (Moore, 3/27). The Hill: Kenya confirms first coronavirus death (Bowden, 3/26). NPR: South Africa Reports First COVID-19 Deaths, Goes Into 3-Week Lockdown (Neuman, 3/27). Reuters: Using lessons from Ebola, West Africa prepares…

New York Times: The U.S. Now Leads the World in Confirmed Coronavirus Cases “Scientists warned that the United States someday would become the country hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. That moment arrived on Thursday. In the United States, at least 81,321 people are known to have been infected with…

Devex: Data mapping key to track disease spread and plug health gaps, experts say (Willmer, 3/26). The Economist: Taking people’s temperatures can help fight the coronavirus (3/26). The Lancet Infectious Diseases: New guidelines for latent tuberculosis (Mushtaq, 4/1). The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Ebola virus disease in DR Congo (Burki, 4/1).…