Both Biden and Warren need to perform well in Nevada and South Carolina after disappointing finishes in the first two states  The Nevada Poll, as it's called, has Sanders ahead of Vice President Joe Biden and Sen.

Soccer's global players' union FIFPro has also urged caution. Football is a contact sport and we feel very high protection standards are required," said FIFPro secretary general Jonas Baer-Hoffmann. "We need guidance and protocols on how to return in a healthy and safe manner.

Social Security was instituted to save the elderly from poverty, federal insurance on banks to renew trust in the financial system, minimum wage and labor rights to redistribute the balance of power between employer and employee. But others were crafted to remake society.

"Not by chance, a great proportion of professional football players claimed the occurrence of fever, dry cough and malaise (and dyspnea in some cases) immediately after, or a few hours following their last official match," note the authors.

A separate new study from Aarhus University, in Denmark, looking at how much exposure players would have to a single infected player on the field, showed that, on average, a player is positioned within an 'exposure zone' for one minute and 28 seconds during a match.

According to tracking numbers from Johns Hopkins University, the US is sitting at around 101,657 cases as of 3:30 p.m. Italy has overtaken China in the last 24 hours, at 86,498 cases compared with China's 81,897. US hits 100,000 cases After surpassing China on Thursday, the US now has more than 100,000 COVID-19 cases.

Trump has also invoked the Defense Production Act to prohibit the export of medical equipment to other countries.  1.4 million tests done in the US Trump added during Friday's briefing that he's leaving stay at home orders up to each state's governor, with Vice President Mike Pence saying the task force is continuing to target outbreaks in Detroit, Chicago, Boston and New Orleans, as well as in New York, New Jersey and Maryland. Coronavirus treatment will be free for everyone in the US, Pence said, and 1.4 million tests have now been performed across the country.

In their paper: "The First, Comprehensive Immunological Model of COVID-19", Paolo Matricardi, Roberto Dal Negro and Roberto Nisini raise questions over the safety of playing while the virus remains at large.

The research, produced by Italian immunologists and lung specialists based at institutes in Berlin, Rome and Verona, suggests that due to strenuous exercise, elite athletes are more likely to inhale virus particles and direct them to the lower areas of the lung.

The Toyko Olympics appeared to be untenable on Saturday night after USA Track and Field (USATF) called for it to be postponed to 2021 because of the international emergency caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

"With the world in a pandemic, holding mega-sporting events including the Olympic Games demands a deep review and broader consultations than are occurring now, including with athletes and their representatives," Schwab said in a statement.

March 21 (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should review plans to go ahead with the Tokyo Olympics during the coronavirus pandemic and ensure dialog with athletes, the Sport and Rights Alliance (SRA) and the World Players Association (WPA) said on Saturday.

They can't tell us to "train as normal", because nobody can train as normal. ‘They're not thinking about things,' she said.

‘I don't know if blase is the right word. Literally nobody on the planet is training as they normally would.'

"The pattern of breathing during strenuous exercise changes dramatically by a tremendous increase of ventilation (i.e.: inspiratory and expiratory volumes of air), and of alveolar ventilation in particular," the authors state.

So far, Congress has committed more than $2 trillion to sustaining the economy during the outbreak.

But most economists see that unprecedented sum as relief, not recovery or reform - just one of the 'three Rs' of the New Deal.

'In our fragmented body politic, it would take an extraordinary politician to do what is necessary.' But the New Deal programs stemmed from bold visions that could be implemented by political leaders, he cautioned.

Minky Worden, the director of global initiatives at Human Rights Watch which is part of the SRA coalition of global non-governmental organizations, said sports bodies had to be more transparent at this time.

There is no way out to escape from coronavirus besides this." The extreme measures were announced late Tuesday, with Modi stating that "the only option is social distancing, to remain away from each other. The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, ordered the entire country -- 1.3 billion people in total -- to stay home for 21 days starting March 25.

That milestone comes less than two weeks after cases hit 1 million. Confirmed cases pass 2 million worldwide More than 2 million coronavirus cases have been confirmed globally, along with more than 120,000 deaths.