Milestone comes as nation struggles with ongoing outbreaks, including in Wuhan where dozens of residences have been locked down againCoronavirus - latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina has reported zero new Covid-19 deaths for the first time since January, despite struggles with ongoing outbreaks including in Wuhan where dozens of residential blocks have been locked down just one day before travel restrictions were set to be lifted.On Tuesday, the National Health Commission reported 32 new cases across China, all of which were arrivals from another country. There were also 30 new asymptomatic cases reported. Related: `It`s not so easy to return from the dead`: coming back to life after lockdown in Wuhan Related: Using the virus to bash Beijing could trigger a new cold war In Britain, prime minister Boris Johnson was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) at St Thomas´ hospital after falling ill with Covid-19. Foreign secretary Dominic Raab, who is Johnson´s `designated survivor`, is running the country´s pandemic response while the prime minister is in hospital.US president Donald Trump was among world leaders to send the best wishes to Johnson, saying intensive care was `really big stuff`, but he also said he had asked two unnamed `leading [pharmaceutical] companies` to contact London and offer `therapeutics` to help Johnson.In Japan, prime minister Shinzo Abe said he expected to declare a state of emergency soon, after several regions, including Tokyo, saw sharp rises in the number of cases.In the US, the governors of New York and New Jersey pointed to tentative signs that the outbreak was starting to plateau, but warned against complacency. More than 10,000 people have died in the US after contracting Covid-19, and more than 350,000 people have been formally diagnosed.In Europe, Spain had its fourth consecutive day of reporting a drop in Covid-19-related deaths. In the past 24 hours 637 people died, which was the lowest number in nearly a fo ...
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