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Summary
- The global death toll from coronavirus has passed 203,000. There are more than 2.9 million known cases of infection but more than 828,000 people have recovered, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally
- In Australia, the death toll stands at 83 and there are 6714 confirmed cases
- More than 1 million Australians downloaded the COVIDSafe app in the first four hours since its launch
- Two states are easing their lockdowns from today
- The United States has recorded nearly 1 million coronavirus cases
'Relief valve': Cuomo outlines how New York will reopen from May 15
By Latika Bourke
New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo has outlined how the state will reopen, saying construction and manufacturing will be the first sectors to be given the green light.
The state has been the worst hit in the United States. However, the daily death toll dropped to 367 - the lowest all month.
New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo addressing the media on the coronavirus pandemic.
The state of New York is in lockdown until at least May 15 but that is set to ease for some sectors.
"People need to know that there's an opening, that there's a future, that there's hope," Cuomo said. "People need a relief valve."
Cuomo said regions that had experienced a decline in the hospitalisations for 14 days would the first to reopen, in line with guidance from the US health protection agency CDC.
Cuomo said schools would have to be reopened before moving to the next phase of the lockdown which would allow larger businesses to resume work.
Businesses will be asked to present their plan for how they can restart while keeping the infection rate down.
Cuomo urged businesses to "reimagine" how to exist in a world with rather than focussing on reopening.
"There is no return to yesterday ... it's about moving forward," he said.
UK death toll lowest since March
The UK has recorded its lowest daily death toll since March 31, with 431 new fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours.
This is almost half Saturday's daily toll of 813 meaning the next few days' data will be crucial in gauging whether the UK's outbreak is now in decline.
"Deaths are either plateauing around the country or declined," Stephen Powis from NHS England said.
"That is definitely showing that our compliance with social distancing is proving to be beneficial, it is reducing the transmission and spread of the virus."
The UK has the world's fifth-highest death toll - 20,732 - and the fifth-highest mortality rate. The country is lockdown until at least May 7.
'It bothers me that this is still in the news': Birx responds to disinfectant claims
By Latika Bourke
The co-ordinator of the White House's coronavirus taskforce says she is concerned that ongoing focus on Donald Trump's disinfectant comments is drowning out official public health advice.
Deborah Birx appeared shocked in footage that was aired when the US President suggested trialling UV and disinfectant injections as possible coronavirus treatments. Disinfectant producers, including Dettol, issued statements saying their products must never be ingested; the US health protection agency CDC issued similar advice.
"When he turned to me, I made it clear and he understood that it was a not a treatment and I think that kind of dialogue will happen," Birx told CNN.
"It bothers me that this is still in the news because I think we're missing the bigger pieces," she said.
"As a scientist and as a public health official and as a researcher - sometimes I worry that we don't get the information to the American people that they need when we continue to bring up something that was from Thursday night.
"This was a musing ... but I want us to move on to be able to get information to the American people that can help them protect each other."
Vaccine death fake news: UK health officials
By Latika Bourke
The UK's Department of Health and Social Care says claims being spread on social media that a volunteer in the country's first vaccine trial has died is untrue.
"News circulating on social media that the first volunteer in a UK coronavirus vaccine trial has died is completely untrue," the department said.
A Twitter account, purporting to be a woman based in Sydney named Sheena Alexandra, posted a link to the false report hosted by a makeshift website posing as a news outlet.
The website claimed scientist Elisa Granato, who was administered a dose of the Oxford Vaccine Group's trial vaccine on Thursday, had died.
But the BBC's medical reporter Fergus Walsh said he spoke to Granato a short time ago via Skype and she is very much alive.
The tweet, posted eight hours ago, has still not been removed by Twitter despite multiple users saying they had reported it for spreading disinformation.
The account has previously posted content anti-vaccination content. The same link was also posted in Facebook groups, some of those posts have been removed.
More than 1 million Australians download tracing app in first four hours
By Latika Bourke
More than 1 million Australians have downloaded the government's COVIDSafe app in the first four hours after its launch.
The COVIDsafe tracing app launched by the Australian government in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic seen on a mobile phone.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
"As at 10.30pm, 1 million Australians have now downloaded and registered for the COVIDSafe app," Health Minister Greg Hunt said.
"Please join us and help protect ourselves, our families, each other but above all else our nurses and doctors."
Global death toll passes 203,000
By Latika Bourke
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic for Monday, April 27, 2020.
The global death toll from coronavirus has passed 203,000. There are more than 2.9 million known cases of infection but more than 828,000 people have recovered, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.
In Australia, the death toll stands at 83 and there are 6714 confirmed cases.
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