U.S. Cases Rise 1.6%; N.Y. Allows Hospital Visits: Virus Update

President Donald Trump called the country’s 1.5 million cases a “badge of honor” for U.S. testing efforts. New York City is struggling to meet the standards to reopen and still seeing rising hospital admissions, while Governor Andrew Cuomo hailed progress in the state capital region and Long Island.

The European Union criticized Trump’s threat to permanently freeze U.S. funding to the World Health Organization, saying the virus fight requires global cooperation. Republicans are pushing for WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Cui Tiankai, China’s ambassador to the U.S., to testify before the House virus oversight subcommittee. China may look to target exports from Australia over its calls for a probe into the origin of Covid-19.