Coronavirus outbreak labelled as pandemic by World Health Organization
Since the first cases of coronavirus were identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December, the disease has spread across the world with more than 5 million cases and 323,000 deaths so far.
The outbreak of Covid-19 has officially been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation.
The UK alone now has more than 250,000 cases, and the Department of Health has confirmed more than 35,000 deaths.
The US has the most coronavirus-related deaths in the world with more than 1.5 million cases and at least 91,000 fatalities, according to data by John Hopkins University.
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