Coronavirus live news: global cases pass 1.5m as UK and US suffer worst daily death tolls
Boris Johnson still in intensive care but condition improves; virus fears halt Saudi military operations in Yemen; global trade could fall up to a third. Follow the latest updates.
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Veep and Seinfeld star Julia Louis-Dreyfus has released a statement, too:
.@OfficialJLD you’ve never looked better.
Let’s bend the curve by staying home and keeping our distance, California. #StayHomeSaveLiveshttps://t.co/snYe5vmHg6 pic.twitter.com/inqU77IyRv
UN Secretary General António Guterres has released a statement as Donald Trump continues to criticise the World Health Organization’s response to the coronavirus crisis.
Statement by the Secretary-General – on COVID-19
The Covid-19 pandemic is one of the most dangerous challenges this world has faced in our lifetime. It is above all a human crisis with severe health and socio-economic consequences.
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