Coronavirus live news: Trump says he 'perhaps' misled Americans as global deaths pass 900,000

Trump said he ‘played down’ threat because he ‘didn’t want to create panic’;France sees second highest one-day case total; Netherlands and Portugal see highest cases since April. Follow the latest updatesTrump knew Covid was deadly but wanted to ‘play it down’, Woodward book saysGlobal deaths pass 900,000Oxford vaccine trial pause - should we be worried?Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trial participant undeterred by pauseSee all our coronavirus coverage4.45amBSTSheldon Chanel reports from Suva , with the Guardian ’s Pacific Editor,Ben Doherty:The emergence ofantimicrobial resistance (AMR), including drug-resistant bacteria, or “superbugs”, pose far greater risks to human health than Covid-19, threatening to put modern medicine “back into the dark ages”,an Australian scientist has warned, ahead of a three-year study into drug-resistant bacteria in Fiji.Related:'Superbugs' a far greater risk than Covid in Pacific, scientist warns4.30amBSTI ’m hearing a lot of smart, educated people say it wouldn’t have made a difference if the public knew what Trump, top U.S. officials and Bob Woodward did about the virus.Made a difference to whom?Continue reading...
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