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I've had more time to play with my dog during quarantine!

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Q: What made today special?
A: Spending the day with my children at home and enjoying the simple things in life because I never get to do that. I'm always working full time, so this whole quarantine has been very special for me because I've actually had a chance to be at home with my children and spend time with them.

Q: How is today different from yesterday for you, your family, the nation the world?
A: There hasn't been a lot of change for me personally between yesterday and today, but I know that this week I have some anxiety because we are reopening the country and I know that entails a certain degree of risk in terms of our exposure to COVID 19. I also understand that we need to move forward with our lives and that's part of us progressing as a nation and a family.

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Dear Corona,

You took away people's freedom
People's happiness-
Even lives.

We have to quarantine
which is something we all despise.
We wanted 2020 to be the year we all start over
But this is not what we envisioned
And it feels like corona virus has taken over.

One by one people's lives are put to rest
And now we have to put our safety to the test.

Although this situation has gotten out of hand
Please let's all stay home!
Let's end this virus
Let's take a stand.

Even if you think staying home won't save lives
Just know that there are people fighting to survive

And as much as we are all sick and tired of quarantine
Just know that we are all in this together.
We are all a team.

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My mom and I took a walk around the neighborhood with our masks on.

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Q: Did you see anything today that gave you hope?
A: Yes, I keep on listening to the news, and there is a lot of hope. Many countries are on the brink of having a corona virus vaccine, which is probably going to happen by the end of this year. One country that I know is coming up with a vaccine is Israel, they are very close to finding a vaccine. The United States also has many companies working to find a vaccine. Once we have vaccinations, we will most likely be immune to the virus, and we will hopefully not get sick. There are also medications that are helping patients who are already diagnosed with COVID 19 to get better.

Q: What would you tell yourself 2 weeks ago?
A: I would tell myself to be careful. I always used masks even though people said it wouldn't help. Now I know that the masks prevent people from spreading germs to other people, but I also don't want to contract the virus. Masks make me feel comfortable.

Q: What was your first reaction to COVID-19?
A: My first reaction wasn't so strong, even though I knew it was a bad virus. Because it started far away in China, and then it spread to Italy, and in Europe, it was kind of threatening. It wasn't as scary since it was far away. Even though I knew it would eventually come here, it took time to process. Soon, it started spreading to the US, and that was when I realized I needed to take it more serious.

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I definitely did not expect 2020 to be like this.

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Q: What are you craving today that you can't have/get/do because of the shelter-in-place?
A: I want to go play ice hockey with my friends and get out of the house as soon as possible.

Q: What was your first reaction to hearing about COVID-19?
A: I don't think I thought it was going to turn into an 8-plus week quarantine. I thought it was going to be something more similar to the flu, but due to the contagiousness, it's a real problem.

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I painted a Friends-themed painting today!

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Since it was my cousin's birthday today, I made a collage of photos and gave it to her today. We were social distancing, I promise!

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If someone told me that in 2020 we would be stuck in quarantine for over a month due to a deadly pandemic, I would never believe them. When I first found out about COVID-19, I didn’t really think much of it, and didn’t take precautions earlier like I should have. I thought that it wasn’t that serious, but I soon realized that it was affecting many people’s lives worldwide. When students found out that school would be cancelled, we were all so excited that we wouldn’t have to get dragged out of bed at 7 in the morning; it was unusual to not go to school every morning since it was so fixed in our daily routines. School has been super weird on Zoom; I never thought that I would be in a lecture from my bedroom. I never thought I would say this, but I actually miss school. More specifically, I miss seeing my friends everyday and the freedom to go outside without having to be scared of contracting a fatal virus.  Even though this situation isn’t ideal, I am trying to stay as positive as I can and make the best out of the quarantine. If we stay inside, maintain social distance, and keep healthy, then we can overcome this!

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Today was Yom Hazikaron which is Israel's Memorial Day. On this day, we commemorate all the Jewish soldiers and victims of terrorism who have been killed since the state of Israel was formed in 1948.

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The cemeteries, normally filled with mourning families and friends, were all but empty Tuesday morning as sirens rang out across the country, a few soldiers acting as honor guard standing at attention with masks on their faces as Israel marked a Memorial Day from within the clutches of the coronavirus pandemic.

For the first time since Israel's founding 72 years ago, military cemeteries were blocked off, and most people were being asked to mourn or pay their respects in private, transforming the country into an extraordinary mosaic showing the infiltration of COVID-19 into a nation's most sacred spaces.

At 11 a.m. Tuesday, Israelis around the country stood for two minutes of silence for the country's fallen soldiers and victims of terror, bowing their heads in respect.

Memorial Day - Yom Hazikaron, in Hebrew - began Monday night with an air raid siren at 8 p.m. marking out a minute of silence. The sirens halted whatever cars remained on the roads and brought many Israelis to their balconies and yards to privately mark a day of mourning usually punctuated by public ceremonies and remembrances.

The number of Israeli casualties of war, which includes soldiers, police, Shin Bet and Mossad officers killed during their service, stands at 23,816, according to figures released by the Defense Ministry on Friday. Another 4,166 terror victims are also being remembered. Both numbers date back to 1860, before the state was founded.

Since last year's Memorial Day, 75 new names of soldiers and members of other security forces were added to the numbers of dead. Forty-two were IDF soldiers and police officers, and 33 were disabled veterans who died due to complications from injuries sustained during their service.

With over 23,000 casualties of war or battles and over 4,000 terror victims, few in Israel have been untouched by violence. Cemeteries are normally packed with families and friends paying respects to their loved ones, along with somber ceremonies by various branches of government, the military and private groups memorializing the fallen.

This year, however, with the government imposing restrictions amid fears of a renewed outbreak of the novel coronavirus, families, friends and comrades of fallen soldiers and terror victims were being forced to radically adjust their mourning traditions.
Judah Ari Gross contributed to this report.

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Remembering the fallen: Israelis mark a Memorial Day like no other

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The cemeteries, normally filled with mourning families and friends, were all but empty Tuesday morning as sirens rang out across the country, a few soldiers acting as honor guard standing at attention with masks on their faces as Israel marked a Memorial Day from within the clutches of the coronavirus pandemic.

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A girl collaborated with other kids to make a youtube video for the Class of 2020 who won't have a chance to experience their senior year to the fullest.

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I'm learning how to cook, and I started with pasta :)

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A hospital plays a song every time a COVID 19 patient is discharged.

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Grey's Anatomy is definitely getting me through quarantine!

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The best thing to do is look on the bright side and see how staying home is benefiting the Earth.

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This website is updating everyone and giving us new information about Covid 19's current status. I feel informed by these links, and I wonder when there will be a cure for COVID 19. I'm concerned that there are over 3.6 million cases of infection worldwide.

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We'll keep this page updated with the biggest coronavirus headlines of the day. Scroll down for more information on each story and check back for updates.
Here's the latest:

President Trump's daily briefings warned about COVID-19 at least a dozen times before the US outbreak, but he 'failed to register' the threat.

Health experts from the Trump, Obama, and Bush administrations want the government to pay Americans $50 a day to self-isolate, like jury duty.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said continued crowding of the state's beaches could postpone the plan to eventually reopen the state.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Romer says for the US to return to normal by the summer every single person needs to be tested, which will cost $100 billion.

Boeing will reopen its South Carolina Dreamliner factory amid discussions of workforce reductions at the company.

Four states in the US have already begun reopening businesses. Check out what that looks like in South Carolina, Oklahoma, and Georgia.

'Maybe get going on it': Trump asks governors to consider reopening schools.

POLL: Most Americans want to permanently ditch the handshake after the coronavirus. Here's what they think it should be replaced with.

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LIVE UPDATES: Trump 'failed to register' coronavirus threat after being briefed in January, February

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We'll keep this page updated with the biggest coronavirus headlines of the day. Scroll down for more information on each story and check back for updates. Here's the latest: President Trump's daily briefings warned about COVID-19 at least a dozen times before the US outbreak, but he 'failed to register' the threat.

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My neighborhood is pretty quiet for the most part. The first time I went outside to take a walk, I saw a few people walking with their children or taking their dogs for a walk. It was nice to see that families were together and taking advantage of this time to connect. Although most people in my neighborhood are social distancing, I see groups of 10 or more people hanging out with each other without masks. It made me frustrated because there are so many people following the rules and keeping their distance, while others are indifferent to the health guidelines. People just want to be together. My friend surprised me a few days ago when he showed up at my door unannounced. We hung out outside- six feet apart, of course! It was reassuring to know that I was now allowed to see my friends, and that there are less boundaries. This gives me hope that  the end might soon come, and that everyone can slowly go back to some sense of normalcy.The first thing I plan to do when more restrictions are lifted is to see my friends because I miss their company. I can’t wait for quarantine to be over!

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Originally from Asia, murder hornets have spread to the United States. They are endangering honeybees. Do we really need more bad news in 2020?

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A roughly 2-inch long insect known as the "murder hornet" has made its way to the U.S. for the first time ever, researchers said. The Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, has been known to kill up to 50 people a year in Japan, according to The New York Times, and has the potential to devastate U.S. bee populations, which have already been declining.

Susan Cobey, bee breeder with Washington State University's Department of Entomology, told WSU Insider that the hornets are "like something out of a monster cartoon with this huge yellow-orange face."

The hornets are usually between 1.5 to 2 inches long, have large yellow-orange heads with prominent eyes, and a black and yellow striped abdomen.

The hornets made their way to the U.S. for the first time in December, when the Washington State Department of Agriculture verified four reports of sightings. The hornets were also spotted in two locations in British Columbia in the fall, according to WSDA.

Scientists say the Asian giant hornet's life cycle begins in April. Researchers told WSU that is when the queen wakes up from hibernation and scouts out spots to build underground nests and grow colonies.

Todd Murray, WSU Extension entomologist and invasive species specialist, told WSU Insider the "shockingly large hornet" is a "health hazard, and more importantly, a significant predator of honey bees."

But murder hornets become most dangerous from late summer to early fall, when they ravage through honey bee populations. WSU researchers said the hornets attack the bee hives, decapitating and killing the adults and eating the larvae and pupae. Just a few of the hornets can completely destroy a hive in a matter of hours.

WSDA says on their website that the hornets do not typically go after humans, but if they do, not even beekeeping suits can protect against the hornets' stingers, which are longer and more dangerous than a bee's.

YouTube personality Coyote Peterson has shown what the sting is like on his show "Brave Wilderness." The video shows an "instant goose egg" forming on his arm where the hornet stung.

Researchers say the sting of a murder hornet is painful and packed with neurotoxins. Even if someone is not allergic to the hornet, multiple stings have the potential to kill.

Conrad Bérubé, a beekeeper and entomologist in Nanaimo, British Columbia, told The New York Times that the day after he got stung, he legs ached like he had the flu, and the sting was the most painful sting he's ever experienced.

Washington State officials are tracking the hornets and setting up traps to hopefully ease any possible harm.
Asian Giant Hornet sightings can be reported to the Washington State Department of Agriculture Pest Program at 1-800-443-6684, pestprogram@agr.wa.gov or online at agr.wa.gov/hornets.
World's largest bee spotted in Indonesia

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"Murder hornets" have now entered the U.S. - and they could decimate the honeybee population

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A roughly 2-inch long insect known as the "murder hornet" has made its way to the U.S. for the first time ever, researchers said. The Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, has been known to kill up to 50 people a year in Japan, according to The New York Times, and has the potential to devastate U.S.

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What made today special was the fact that I got to see my cousin on her birthday and surprise her with a picture collage. I worked on it the day prior to her birthday and it took forever trying to make the poster look somewhat decent. I went through all my photos, printed them out, and plastered the photos all over the background. I also added stickers here and there. When I went to her house, I knocked on the door and then stepped back so we were at a distance. She was shocked because she thought that I was getting food. She was thrilled with my poster (even though I have no artistic ability whatsoever) and it was meaningful seeing her reaction. She pointed to so many of the pictures, and we reminisced about the different events in her life. I know it made her day, and it definitely was worth my time to see her so happy. My cousin shared some of her birthday cake and we got caught up. It sure was fantastic to be together. Doing special things like this for people we love is rewarding. Other than that, staying inside and being in quarantine has been pretty boring.