The confirmed toll in Europe has passed one million infections and 100,000 deaths.

Germany has begun restarting its economy, allowing small shops to open for the first time in nearly a month.

South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee said they would start letting certain businesses reopen.

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Testing is the sticking point

When can stay-at-home orders be relaxed safely? Not until we get much more testing, many state governors say.

Can Congress pass a bill to replenish the emergency loan fund for small businesses that ran dry last week? Not without establishing a national strategy for testing, Democrats say.

The slow, problem-plagued buildup and limited availability of coronavirus testing in the U.S. have attracted frequent criticism, and opened a rift between the Trump administration and governors of both parties. Now that rift is getting in the way of progress on several fronts.

“The No. 1 problem facing us is lack of testing,” said Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland, a Republican. “We can’t open up our states without ramping up testing.” Impatient to address the problem, he arranged for Maryland to buy test kits from South Korea without waiting for federal approval.