National and global coronavirus updates for Friday, May 8, 2020

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is committed to providing our readers with comprehensive coverage of the coronavirus.

This daily live blog will provide the latest updates, news and details of COVID-19 from media outlets and social media sources nationally and internationally.

8:30 p.m.

Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, Undersecretariat of Prevention and Health Promotion at the Mexican Secretariat of Health, said there are 3,160 coronavirus deaths and 31,522 confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

8:15 p.m.

6:40 p.m.

5:50 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

3:40 p.m.

2:40 p.m.

12:04 p.m.

216 people over the last 24 hours have died from COVID-19 in New York. It is a decline, but the death toll has been in the 200-person range for the last several days.
— Nick Reisman (@NickReisman) May 8, 2020

11:43 a.m.

*GOOGLE SAYS MAJORITY OF STAFF TO WORK FROM HOME UNTIL 2021
— Nour Eldeen Al-Hammoury (@NourHammoury) May 8, 2020

11:27 a.m.

10:48 a.m.

NEWS: Pence flight to Iowa delayed an hour after a staffer tested positive for coronavirus, I’m told. Some aides disembarked AF2. Wheels up now for Iowa.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) May 8, 2020

8:28 a.m.

@realDonaldTrump
Says he has not had a coronavirus antibody test yet but "probably soon will."
Says US doing well with antibody tests.
"We're leading in everything."
— Sebastian Smith (@SebastianAFP) May 8, 2020

7:20 a.m.

Ireland -a basket case, UK too, both mismanaged horrifically. More deaths per 100,000 than USA: Coronavirus: Which countries could become the next COVID-19 hotspots? https://t.co/HrPzuZ1KPM
— JIM FITZPATRICK (@jimfitzpatrick) May 8, 2020

6:45 a.m.

The coronavirus comes from viruses that originate or spread in bats but it’s still unclear what animal may have transmitted it to humans. Cats, dogs and ferrets are susceptible, and WHO is examining which animals may be “reservoirs" for the virus. https://t.co/qWDe0jXReC
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) May 8, 2020

6:15 a.m.

The CCP wants the world to forget Dr. Li Wenliang, who tried to warn his colleagues about the Wuhan virus. We can ensure his name is never forgotten by placing it permanently outside the embassy of the regime responsible for his persecution and death. https://t.co/FPqZtZyvzr
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) May 8, 2020

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