Thread by @AJEnglish

#Coronavirus updates:

• Death rate in Italy and France appears to slow
• Australia and New Zealand appear to be 'flattening the curve'
• China and South Korea continue to report more imported cases

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#Coronavirus updates:

• China reports six-week high no. of cases
• China cuts number of people entering by 90%
• Japan's Hokkaido island declares second state of emergency

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#COVID19 has now been reported in at least 185 countries aje.io/6u6hu

"1.3 million children in England are classed as disadvantaged - the number entitled to free school meals. These children are now prisoners in their own homes ... with little or no outside space." — writes @MariellaSWilson for #AJOpinion aje.io/a2l8l

@MariellaSWilson Who is Dr Anthony Fauci, the US's trusted voice on #coronavirus? aje.io/zgvdw

@MariellaSWilson After 13-year-old Ismail Mohamed recently died in a London hospital, Muslims contributed to a fund that has now raised £71,600 #Coronavirus aje.io/ehlwk

@MariellaSWilson "Working-class parents do not really have the option of working remotely." — writes @RokhayaDiallo for #AJOpinion aje.io/rygy8

@MariellaSWilson @RokhayaDiallo "We'll have to see what happens when things run out. Because if I go out to work, the police will detain me and take me to jail." aje.io/76jk7