Tuesday's news briefs on the global pandemic.

The Amazon worker who organized the walkout in a Staten Island, New York warehouse has been fired, allegedly for safety violations. (USA Today)

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, the brother of New York governor Andrew Cuomo,has tested positivefor the coronavirus.

The site of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York City will become a temporary medical facility with 350 beds to help ease the strain on the city's hospitals. (Wall Street Journal)

The U.S. government chartered a flight to fly 300 Americans out of Katmandu, Nepal after the country imposed a mandatory lockdown to fight the coronavirus. There are still more than 3000 Americans in the Himalayan country. (CBS News)

There are about 786,000 cases of coronavirus worldwide, with at least 37,810 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. (Yahoo! News)

The U.S. continues to have the most confirmed cases of coronavirus in the world, with more than 163,000. More than 3,100 people have died here. (Yahoo! News)

A cruise ship with 200 sick passengers is headed to Florida. (FOX News)

Amazon workers walk out in protest of conditions amid COVID-19 outbreak. (The Verge)

Crowds ignore social distancing to watch the USNS Comfort arrive at New York port. (New York Post)

New York state has spike of more than 250 deaths on Monday, with 66,000 now infected. (New York Post)

New York City had its first child die from coronavirus on Monday. (Daily Mail)

The Wimbledon tennis tournament in London is expected to be cancelled. A decision is expected to be announced on Wednesday. (USA Today)

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