But for all the dire warnings, there was growing evidence that people were ignoring restrictions imposed by governments and minimizing the risk of infection.
The self-ruled island of 23 million has seen remarkable success in combating the pandemic, with only seven deaths and fewer than 600 confirmed cases.
The hotel had a man arrested after he left them negative reviews on the popular travel website.
Jenna Bush recently said she and her sister Barbara "loved" passing the first-daughter torch to Malia and Sasha Obama 12 years ago.
The situation is particularly worrying in the border city of El Paso in western Texas, a state where coronavirus cases have exceeded one million.
Under former US president Barack Obama, Ron Klain coordinated the White House response to the Ebola crisis in 2014.
Donald Trump lost the US election to democrat Joe Biden, who will begin his term in January 2021.
A quota of 200 residents from each city will be able to travel on one daily flight to the other.
It was the latest in a long list of controversial statements on the pandemic from Bolsonaro, who has condemned the "hysteria" around Covid-19.
Despite encouraging news on the medical front, rising infection and death rates have left many governments struggling to cope.
The transition team said Biden planned to work with the Europeans on fighting the Covid-19 pandemic as well as climate change.
The two women were caught in the whale's mouth as it tried to swallow baitfish swimming close to the kayak.
The heart was successfully transplanted even though it was dropped by a medic after being retrieved from the crash.
The child was reportedly attacked by a Dogo Argentino, which is banned from being kept as a pet in many counties around the world.
Ivana Trump noted that before returning to his normal life, Donald will have to go and declare that he lost.
Biden promises to be more measured in tone and knit back tattered alliances on the global stage -- that could carry a sharper geopolitical threat to Beijing.
Donald Trump had previously hit out at his former aide on Twitter calling her a "dog" with "zero credibility."
Justice Department policy has been to hold back any federal involvement until vote tallies are certified, recounts completed and races concluded.
Pfizer said tests involving more than 40,000 people had provided results that were a "critical milestone" in the search for a vaccine.
Russia and Azerbaijan's ally Turkey would be involved in implementing the ceasefire.
More than 150 students are now enrolled at the privately-funded seminary where they will study Islamic and vocational subjects all free of charge
But it is frozen out of the WHO by Beijing, which regards Taiwan as its own territory and has vowed to take it by force if necessary.
Biden is set to take his first step forward in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic with the announcement of a 12-member coronavirus taskforce on Monday.
On the campaign trail, Biden said he would not meet with Kim without preconditions and accused Trump of "emboldening" the North Korean leader.
White House adviser and Ivanka Trump's husband Jared Kushner also reportedly asked his father-in-law to concede his defeat.
The 45th and current president of the US lost the 2020 elections to Joe Biden, who will start his 4-year term in January 2021.
The US president-elect Joe Biden's Irish cousins recently gathered under a pop art-style mural of him to celebrate his victory.
On Monday, a group of leading scientists and experts will be named as transition advisers to help convert the Biden-Harris plan into reality from January 20.
Even if Biden cancels Trump's planned construction of a border wall, strict restrictions against undocumented migration will continue.
The Trump campaign has already mounted legal challenges in several states, but no evidence has emerged of any widespread irregularities that would affect the results.