Coronavirus live news: Trump says he could cut China ties as Mexico reports record new infections

36m Americans unemployed; Brazil cases hit 200,000; EU insists vaccine must be available to all countries. Follow the latest updatesTrump suggests he could ‘cut off whole relationship’ with ChinaMexico sees biggest one-day increase in casesDonald Trump goes maskless to tour medical equipment facilityAustralia coronavirus updates - liveCoronavirus latest: at a glance4.17amBSTBrendan Murphy, the country ’s Chief Medical Officer, is speaking now.There are just 50 Covid-19 patients in hospitals across Australia, with 12 of those people on ventilators, he says.My general epidemiology update, with 7,017 cases at the moment. Around about 20 new cases a day over recent days. Still a small number of community-acquired cases in some jurisdictions. Just a reminder this virus is still there, at very low levels in the community, and I reiterate the Prime Minister ’s message - as people start to go back to some normal activities and open up, please, please be careful. Please practise all of those new ways of interacting that we’ve talked about on so many occasions.4.16amBSTAustralian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says:As businesses and cafes and others are opened up this weekend, those businesses, knowing that at just 10patrons at a time, that won ’t necessarily be a profitable patronage for them to really sustain that, they’re backing themselves, they’re backing their staff, they’re backing their communities, and they’re backing their country. And I want to commend the...
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