Italy´s curve flattening but deaths rise by 610; Boris Johnson stable in intensive care; virus could push 500m people into povertyFull story: global coronavirus cases pass 1.5 millionHow coronavirus spread across the globe - visualisedUS coronavirus updates - liveSee all of our coronavirus coverage 6.23pm BST Despite claims to the contrary by Donald Trump, the World Health Organization warned the US and other countries about the risk of human-to-human transmission of Covid-19 as early as 10 January, and urged precautions even though initial Chinese studies at that point had found no clear evidence of that route of infection, write Peter Beaumont in London and Julian Borger in Washington.Technical guidance notes seen by the Guardian and briefings by top WHO officials warned of potential human-to-human transmission and made clear that there was a threat of catching the disease through water droplets and contaminated surfaces, based on the experience of earlier coronavirus outbreaks. Related: WHO cited human transmission risk in January, despite Trump claims 6.10pm BST How can we understand the risk of dying from Covid-19 when there are so many numbers flying around? There are actually three types of fatality rate, which are calculated in different ways and tell you different things. 6.10pm BST New York broke its record for the largest single-day coronavirus death toll for the third consecutive day, the state´s governor, Andrew Cuomo, announced at his daily briefing.New York recorded 799 deaths from coronavirus yesterday, bringing the state´s total death toll to 7,067. New York has lost about the same number of people to coronavirus as the UK. Related: Coronavirus US news: New York breaks its record for largest single-day Covid-19 death toll 6.04pm BST A hospital consultant who wrote a public plea to the UK prime minister for more personal protective equipment for frontline staff in British hospitals has died from the coronavirus, Matthew Weaver reports.Abdul Ma ...
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