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Coronavirus live news: WHO sees ‘worrying spike’ in Middle East as global cases pass one million

Coronavirus live news: WHO sees ‘worrying spike’ in Middle East as global cases pass one million

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For those of you who may not have seen some of our coverage of President Trump’s recent press conference, there were a few key lines:

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Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic. I’m Alison Rourke and will be steering our coverage for the next few hours.

As the number of infections rose past one million, and deaths passed 50,000, countries, including the United Sates, are taking increasing measures to combat the virus. New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, has warned his state will run out of ventilators in six days.

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