On May 1, Texas governor Greg Abbott allowed museums to reopen, with limited entrance. However, many institutions felt this decision to be hurried and decided not to resume their activities. On that time, Texas counted 873 new cases of COVID-19.
This timespace follows the World Health Organization's situation reports regarding the COVID-19 outbreak that started in Hubei, China, in January 2020. Cover photograph taken in Japan by Jérémy Stenuit.