Coronavirus latest: worldwide deaths hit 300,000; China gives new details of pandemic response
- Germany plunges into recession; free movement across Italy to be allowed from June
- Russia reports more than 10,000 new cases; Japan calls for probe into WHO’s outbreak response
Despite fears of a second wave of infections, national and local governments around the world are easing lockdown orders as they try to get stalled economies moving again. But there were warnings on Friday that some of the world’s poorest people remain the most vulnerable, with predictions that a quarter of a billion Africans could be infected without urgent action.
The global epicentre of the pandemic has shifted to the United States, where more than 84,000 lives have been lost to Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus. Around 1.4 million cases have been confirmed in the US, far more than in any other country.
Here are the developments:
US whistle-blower warns about ‘darkest winter’
Bright alleges he was ousted from a high-level scientific post after warning the Trump administration to prepare for the pandemic.