Democrats want a new round of coronavirus relief, including more cash payments.

The White House wants more time.

Let's step back for a few weeks.

Let's be very considerate.

Says Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.

And what we do in the next round before we go consider spending another trillion dollars or more of taxpayer money.

But the president is determined we'll do whatever we need to do.

Coming up as some parts of the country move to open some advice on how you can stay safe.

And the struggle to communicate the dangers of the virus to people most at risk.

This is coronavirus daily from NPR. I'm Kelly McEvers. It's Monday, May 11th.

Reopening so far is not going according to plan.

The Trump administration has really not the following and governors around the country have generally not been following their own plan.

And that's been a little bit concerning.

Andy Slavitt was the top health care official in the Obama administration.

He's also been advising the Trump administration on reopening.

He says the emphasis on reopening is understandable for some governors in some parts of the country.

But boy, it sure would be nice if when they were doing that they could instantly test.

Because the difference between learning after two days that you got it wrong and ten days that you got it wrong is fairly dramatic.

The hope by now was that cases would be lower.

More testing and contact tracing would be in place to manage fewer and fewer cases.

Here's Scott Gottlieb who served as president Trump's FDA chief for two years.

And so the reality is we're opening against the backdrop of much more spread than what we anticipated.

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