The US reported its highest single-day coronavirus death toll, the IMF said Asia’s economic growth would halt for the first time in 60 years and Google said it would ‘significantly slow’ hiring. Follow our live coverage here: on.ft.com/3cgnzy2
Donald Trump will announce guidelines to reopen the US economy on Thursday, claiming the country is ‘past the peak’ even as its coronavirus death toll topped 28,000 ft.com/content/5534fa…
A landslide election victory has handed Moon Jae-in’s party its first majority in 16 years in South Korea, but coronavirus may overshadow his two biggest ambitions: reforming the chaebol and lasting peace with North Korea on.ft.com/34ElCJf
Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered people in New York to wear masks in crowded public places, as he said the state's ‘healthcare system has stabilised’ on.ft.com/2Vbj41X
Germany will reopen many shops next Monday and some schools from May 4, after chancellor Angela Merkel said the country had achieved ‘interim success’ in slowing the spread of coronavirus on.ft.com/2VA78FZ 
Asia’s economic growth will grind to a halt for the first time in 60 years because of the ‘unprecedented’ impact of coronavirus, the IMF has warned — but the region is still expected to fare better than Europe or the US on.ft.com/2z5tlo1
In a letter to the Financial Times, 15 peers and medical experts have demanded an independent public inquiry into Britain’s ‘preparedness for, and response to’ the coronavirus pandemic on.ft.com/2z5FXLR
The UK is expected to extend its coronavirus lockdown on Thursday until early May, but hopes are rising that Britain is approaching the peak of the crisis on.ft.com/3cjUOk4
The UK will protect manufacturers of new ventilators from potential legal claims over intellectual property infringements or personal injury on.ft.com/2K5M0SZ
US officials say China is not sharing data about the origins of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan that the rest of the world is eager to see on.ft.com/34DBTOJ
One in 20 residents of Liechtenstein will be offered a biometric bracelet, which will send vital metrics to a Swiss laboratory in hopes of tracking potential Covid-19 cases in real time on.ft.com/2yfhBir
What are the latest global figures?
There were a record number 7,959 deaths registered yesterday, dampening hopes that the death toll was starting to plateau. Just under one-third of these were in the US. Find out more here: ft.com/coronavirus-la…
There were a record number 7,959 deaths registered yesterday, dampening hopes that the death toll was starting to plateau. Just under one-third of these were in the US. Find out more here: ft.com/coronavirus-la…
The death rate due to coronavirus among men is around double that in women, according to new data from the UK’s Office of National Statistics ft.com/content/d62c92…
Just in: More than 5.2m Americans filed unemployment claims last week, taking the number that have sought benefits for the first time since last month's start of widespread US lockdowns to more than 22m ft.com/content/d62c92…
More than 130 countries have introduced some form of travel restrictions due to coronavirus, including screening, quarantine and bans. But the UK is setting itself apart from the rest of the world by maintaining loose border controls on.ft.com/2xq39UM
In an exclusive interview with the FT, French president Emmanuel Macron warned of the collapse of the EU as a 'political project' unless it supports stricken economies such as Italy and helps them recover from the coronavirus pandemic on.ft.com/2ypq16D
We have kicked off a video series in which we ask global leaders about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Our interview with Bill Gates is already available. Make sure to bookmark this page and come back for our weekly videos ft.trib.al/KUG5hi3
Opinion: In spite of unmatched scientific resources, the US is not holding up against coronavirus. More worrying, six weeks after the country's first coronavirus death, its learning curve is flatter than its infection rate. It should be the other way round on.ft.com/3ad25AL
China may not be sharing all the information needed to figure out the origins of Covid-19 — and though it has been presumed that the virus emerged from animals in a food market in Wuhan, scientists say there is no clear evidence this was the source on.ft.com/34LLmDt
Watch the our exclusive interview with French president Emmanuel Macron in which he says that the coronavirus is Europe's 'moment of truth': on.ft.com/2z2lTd7
