Global coronavirus deaths surpass 200,000

The World Health Organization on Saturday said there was not enough evidence that a person who has recovered from covid-19 is immune from a second infection.

This comes as the known coronavirus death toll worldwide surpassed 200,000, though the true figure is unknown.

Here are some significant developments:

• President Trump tweeted Saturday that he thinks the White House coronavirus briefings are a waste of time, blaming the press pool for “hostile questions.”
• Three of the nation’s largest meat processors failed to provide protective gear to all workers, and some employees say they were told to continue working in crowded plants even while sick as the coronavirus spread around the country, a Washington Post investigation has found.
• Physicians report that young and middle-aged people, barely sick with covid-19, are dying of strokes.
• Georgia has become a flash point in the battle over whether it is time to remove the shutdown orders that have kept much of the country indoors.
• White House officials are debating a “liability shield” that would prevent businesses from being sued by customers who contract the coronavirus.
• A Post review found that the coronavirus infected people on at least 55 cruise ships that sailed in the waters off nearly every continent, about a fifth of the total global fleet.