US coronavirus fatalities neared 40,000 after its highest single-day death toll on Tuesday, Donald Trump demanded Harvard return $9m in federal aid and Sydney’s Bondi beach could reopen next week. Follow our live coverage: on.ft.com/2Knz62T
The US National Institutes of Health has warned patients not to take a two-drug combination touted by Donald Trump due to possible ‘toxicities’ on.ft.com/3cOx87V
Although agriculture accounts for just 15% of India’s gross domestic product, it employs nearly half the workforce. Now demand has evaporated as cities are under lockdown on.ft.com/3arwDig
Oil prices remained volatile on Tuesday and stocks across Asia fell after Wall Street posted a second consecutive day of losses and investors grappled with a historic crash in crude prices on.ft.com/2RVahiE
Opinion: Historically, depressions have inflamed automation anxiety. Wars often end them. As Covid-19 is often described as a warlike event, will it end or exacerbate our automation concerns? on.ft.com/2KseG8A
FT Exclusive: The UK has already endured as many as 41,000 coronavirus deaths, according to an FT analysis of Office for National Statistics data. That’s more than double the official 17,337 figure on.ft.com/3cErHZ2 
Brent crude dropped to its lowest point in more than 20 years on Wednesday, bringing the international benchmark down about 40% this week as the coronavirus-driven turmoil in oil markets continued ft.com/content/f878ae…
Mapping mutations in the virus responsible for Covid-19 will help scientists develop drugs to bring it under control, as well as understand how any future waves of infections break out ft.com/content/d34097…
France is hoping to lift its nationwide lockdown on May 11. But to do so safely, it will need to reach 500,000 tests per day — from 150,000 now on.ft.com/2Kr3ERf
Coronavirus lockdown exit strategies have largely focused on testing and smartphone apps. But there is a third element: huge epidemiological detective teams mapping the movements of infections on.ft.com/2xO8BRl
The worldwide daily death toll jumped to 7,066 yesterday, the highest rise in four days, driven in part by unexpectedly high fatality rates in the US and UK. Find out more here: ft.com/content/cab1c2…
Roche’s chief executive has said the UK has not invested enough in healthcare and testing infrastructure in recent years – leaving it to lag behind other countries and hindering its response to coronavirus ft.com/content/9e3dfb…
Free-to-read: In the past week, thousands of Americans have participated in protests against lockdown policies. We interviewed some of them and asked why they have been demonstrating. Answers ranged from worries about the economy to their right to freedom ft.com/content/15ca3a…
Opinion: Since governments haven't been handing enough protective gear to healthcare providers, doctors and nurses have been relying on DIY projects from strangers for their safety on.ft.com/3cEYVY4
In his latest opinion piece, Janan Ganesh argues that the coronavirus crisis has shown that authoritarian leaders like Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi and Donald Trump cannot find unity, and questions if they really pose a threat to democracy on.ft.com/2zhBW6Z
FT View: For the UK to leave lockdown it needs to have a consistent fall in death rates, virus infections dropping to 'manageable levels', enough tests and protective equipment, and be confident easing restrictions won't cause a second peak of infections on.ft.com/2xPTruT
