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Britain is "past the peak" of its coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says during a press conference, despite recording another 674 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 26,711. SOUNDBITE
Images of Edinburgh as the Scottish capital is on lockdown in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus. Britain currently has 55,000 positive cases of COVID-19 and has seen nearly 6,200 deaths as a result of the virus. IMAGES
The new coronavirus pandemic is clearly "accelerating", the World Health Organization warns, but says it is still possible to "change the trajectory" of the outbreak. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says "we are not helpless bystanders. We can change the trajectory of this pandemic." IMAGES
US President Donald Trump downplays warnings that the US unemployment rate could spike to 20 percent due to the coronavirus pandemic, saying the economy is "nowhere near" that point. SOUNDBITE
After shutting down Ciampino airport "Aeroporti di Roma" has decided to close Terminal 1 of the main hub of Fiumicino. The World Health Organization called for the "boldest actions" against the pandemic on the continent, the outbreak's new epicentre. IMAGES
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