WHO says it's extremely concerned about the rapid rise in coronavirus cases worldwide

Published: April 2, 2020, 12:08 a.m.

The head of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the global number of confirmed coronavirus cases would reach a million in the coming days. Also: in the US more than two hundred thousand people have been infected with Covid-19, and Britain has recorded its worst one- day figure for coronavirus-related mortality.