The United States has become the first country to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in one day.
The United States on Friday become the first country to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in one day, with 2,108 fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.
It came as the World Health Organization issued a dire warning that prematurely lifting lockdown restrictions - affecting more than half the planet's population -Extraordinary measures from New York to Naples to New Delhi have seen businesses and schools closed in a desperate bid to halt the virus's spread, and the IMF has said the world now faces the worst downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
US President Donald Trump said that with his country's infection trajectory"near the peak" and social distancing working well, he was considering ways to open up the world's biggest economy"as soon as possible".He acknowledged the risk of increased death tolls if shuttered businesses re-open too soon.
Even such hallowed traditions as the pope's Easter message are being revamped - Pope Francis will livestream from the seclusion of his private library. Italy's toll neared 19,000 Friday, the highest in the world, but daily rises in new infections have slowed dramatically.Still, the government said it would extend lockdown orders until 3 May.
"The Prime Minister has been able to do short walks, between periods of rest," a Downing Street spokesman said.
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