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US President Trump halted funding for the World Health Organisation saying he wants to investigate their handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Canada has extended its lockdown with prime minister Justin Trudeau encouraging people to be disciplined. New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Arden and cabinet ministers will take a 20% pay cut in a move of solidarity with the people of New Zealand affected by coronavirus. And toy maker LEGO has modified their machines to manufacture personal protective equipment for frontlines workers.
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The president faulted the WHO and again praised his administration’s response, despite the US having the highest number of cases and COVID-19 deaths.
In his own words, the president doesn't "take any responsibility at all."
British prime minister Boris Johnson has spent a second night in intensive care battling coronavirus – and there are concerns that his absence has left a power vacuum in Number 10. Meanwhile US president Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw World Health Organisation funding, accusing it of being "China-centric". The city at the centre of the outbreak, Wuhan, has ended its nearly three-month lockdown. It comes 100 days after the Chinese government announced the detection of the virus.
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We still have no explanation on why Germany has more tests or the how and when the lockdown will end.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says around one in every five people who catch Covid-19 will need hospital care.
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