Coronavirus weekly: as virus numbers peak, governments are charting the path out of lockdown
- Written by Fron Jackson-Webb, Deputy Editor/Senior Health + Medicine Editor
As the world approaches 2.5 million coronavirus cases, some regions have reached the peak of the virus and the number of new cases and deaths is slowing.
This includes New York, the epicentre of the pandemic in the United States. It has had almost 15,000 deaths so far, but is seeing fewer deaths each day. Meanwhile, case numbers in Europe have...