World reports just under two million Covid-19 cases in one week; UK government asks people to work from home; Madrid residents advised not to travel. Follow the latest updatesUS President Donald Trump calls 200,000 deaths ‘a shame’US reaches 200,000 coronavirus deaths, highest in worldWeekly number of new cases at highest level, says WHOBoris Johnson sets out new UK restrictions at ‘perilous turning point’Face shields ineffective at trapping aerosols, says supercomputer 2.41am BST Papua New Guinea does not have enough Covid-19 testing kits, the country’s health minister has said. Fewer than 17,500 tests have been conducted across the country since the beginning of the pandemic.And while PNG’s outbreak remains small by global standards – 517 confirmed cases and seven deaths – it rose rapidly through August and early September, and the actual number of infections is likely to be many times larger than the official figure. 2.13am BST China’s UN representative Zhang Jun said the country rejected ‘baseless accusations’ around coronavirus before introducing President Xi Jinping.In a video address, Donald Trump said the UN had to take action against China and called for Beijing to be held accountable by the UN for ‘releasing the virus’: 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…