Donald Trump backtracks on threat to wind down Covid-19 taskforce; China’s UN envoy says world must beat pandemic before investigating source; Russian cases up by over 10,000 againWorld map: which countries have the most cases and deaths?Bundesliga set for go-ahead to resume season in second half of MayUK coronavirus updates – liveUS coronavirus updates – liveSee all our coronavirus coverage 2.54pm BST Russian president Vladimir Putin has said he supports proposals by Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin to gradually ease some restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus. Sobyanin said some businesses could return to work from 12 May, but urged citizens to continue observing self-isolation measures where possible. 2.52pm BST Donald Trump has announced over Twitter that the White House coronavirus taskforce will “continue on indefinitely’, despite the vice-president’s comments yesterday that it would start to wind down in the coming weeks.In a tweet thread this morning, the president said the taskforce had done a “fantastic job” addressing the coronavirus crisis. Related: US coronavirus live: Trump says taskforce to continue ‘indefinitely’ after backlash – live Continue reading…
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PIERS MORGAN: A phone call I received from a fired-up Trump should be a warning to Democrats
President Trump called me for a chat on Saturday. It was our first conversation since he unfollowed me on Twitter in April after I wrote a Mail column telling him to ‘Shut the f*ck up Read more…