What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

France and Spain, two of the worst-hit countries in the coronavirus pandemic, are laying out separate roadmaps for lifting their lockdowns, while signs are emerging that the virus has been all but vanquished in New Zealand and Australia.

But on the other side of the globe, Brazil is emerging as a new hot spot for infections. And new doubts are being raised over whether Japan will be able to host the already postponed Summer Olympics next year without the development of a vaccine. The key question of when to reopen schools looms around the world as nations seek to restart their battered economies.

Here are some of AP’s top stories Monday on the world’s coronavirus pandemic. Follow APNews.com/VirusOutbreak for updates through the day and APNews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak for stories explaining some of its complexities.

WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY:

— Doctors in Britain, Italy, and Spain have been warned to look out for a rare inflammatory condition in children that is possibly linked to the new coronavirus. Britain’s Paediatric Intensive Care Society issued an alert to doctors noting that there has been an increase in the number of children with “a multi-system inflammatory state requiring intensive care” across the country.

— Workers who had been exposed to the new coronavirus at Washington state’s largest psychiatric hospital were herded into a small building to be tested. Inside, few wore masks. They were given test kits by people without gloves and told to swirl a swab inside their noses. The method was designed only for people showing symptoms, but the staffers said none of them did. Many told The Associated Press that the flawed testing process likely produced inaccurate results and exposed them to the virus again.

— As companies start planning their reopenings, business groups are pushing...