The Chinese Government denies allegations it lied about the death toll in Wuhan, the UK develops a taskforce to speed up the development of a vaccine, and Dubai's strict lockdown carries on another week.
The United Kingdom's hospital death toll from COVID-19 rose 847 to 14,576 on Friday, the Health Ministry says.The highest daily death toll reported in the UK was on April 9, when the Government said 980 people had died.
Meanwhile, the UK Government launched a new coronavirus taskforce to support efforts to make a vaccine available to the public as quickly as possible.
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