| Contact tracers begin training, China races toward a vaccine, and the FDA cautions about a widely used test. Here's what you should know: Headlines You can learn how to help trace Covid-19 Health experts say we will need 100,000 to 200,000 more people to help track down Covid-19 infections before we can reopen society safely. A new, free, online course hopes to train an army of contact-tracers, and our writer tried it out. China has 5 vaccine candidates in human trials More than 2,000 people have participated in five human trials of Covid-19 vaccines in China, according to the Chinese National Health Commission. No serious side effects have been reported so far, and more trials are expected to be approved in June. FDA cautions about the accuracy of the widely used Abbott coronavirus test A widely used coronavirus test, promoted by the Trump administration and used by the White House for daily testing, has been linked with inaccurate results that could falsely reassure patients they are not infected with Covid-19. A study released this week says as many as 15 to 20 percent of tests may produce falsely negative results, and the tests could be missing nearly 48 percent of infections. Daily Distraction Many publishers are offering free digital comics during the pandemic. You should start with these five. Something to Read For some, personal email threads have become a kind of lifeline in a way they haven't been since the golden age of emails back in the 1990s. Will it last? Sanity Check It's next to impossible to get little kids to sit still in person, but it's even more challenging over Zoom. A veteran preschool teacher tells how to do it right. One Question What has the federal government's response been like? So far, the federal government has failed to speak with a unified voice, denying the very real toll of this pandemic rather than take decisive action to mitigate its effects. Despite expert advice to the contrary, the president has expressed his eagerness to get people back to work. This comes after the White House ignored warnings dating back years about the threat of a pandemic. Covid-19 Care Package ❓ Have questions about anything Covid-19 related? We answered your questions and gathered all our coverage in one spot. 💻 Some of you are work-from-home pros, but if you're new to it, here's how to stay productive without losing your mind. 😔 It's hard not to be anxious about a global pandemic, but here's how you can protect yourself and your family without spiraling. 💉 Over 30 companies are working on a vaccine, but it's probably still at least a year away. Here's everything you should know. 📦 The Covid-19 virus can linger on objects for as little as a few hours or as long as a couple days, depending on the surface. Here's the research. 👫 Quarantined with a loved one? Here's how to not hate them before all this is over. 🧼 It's not just your hands that need washing—your gadgets, clothes, and home need it too. Here's how to properly disinfect your stuff. 🦠Read all of our coronavirus coverage here. | 
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