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The National Institutes of Health is giving $248.7 million dollars to seven companies developing new technologies for testing, including use of the revolutionary gene-editing technique CRISPR.

"Any plan to start to reopen the economy has to be based on data and testing, and we have to make sure our antibody and diagnostic testing is up to the scale we need," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

NPR national and science correspondents answer listener questions about why the coronavirus outbreak has been especially bad in New York City and the surrounding region.

The two countries reached a deal Tuesday after France initially closed its borders to U.K. travelers on Sunday following news of an outbreak of a new strain of the coronavirus in southeast England.

Gov. Andy Beshear said he was angry about the case of one young adult who contracted the illness after attending a party designed to flout social distancing guidelines.

Nationwide, coronavirus infection numbers are trending down, but several states are seeing upticks, with the heaviest impact falling on communities of color and nursing home residents.

The report, released Monday by researchers at Tel Aviv University, notes an 18% increase in anti-Semitic violence in 2019 and recent accusations blaming Jews for causing and spreading the coronavirus.

Less than three weeks after launching quarantine-free travel between the two countries, New Zealand is suspending flights from Australia after new cases were found there.

The Comfort will use its roughly 1,000 beds to treat patients who do not have the coronavirus disease COVID-19 but who urgently need other care.

Health officials reported 34 new infections on Sunday, the country's highest daily tally in about a month. Most of the new infections were tied to several nightlife businesses in Seoul.