Summary

  • UK PM Boris Johnson says bars, pubs, restaurants will close from Friday evening

  • His chancellor says Britain will be helping pay wages for the first time in its history

  • UK policies to limit the spread of coronavirus would be needed for "at least most of a year"

  • Death toll passes 10,000, confirmed cases have gone above 250,000, more than 80,000 recovered

  • Death toll in Italy rises by 627 in a day, reaching a record 4,032

  • Data from Italy indicates the death rate for men is double that for women, US says

  • China again reports no new domestic cases

Live Reporting

Gareth Evans, Robin Levinson-King, Robert Greenall, Andreas Illmer, Saira Asher, Yvette Tan, Alexandra Fouché, Yaroslav Lukov, Katie Wright, Patrick Jackson, Thom Poole, Paulin Kola, Hugo Bachega, Kate Whannel and Jonathan Jurejko

  1. G7 summit called off

    The US has called off this year's G7 summit which had been scheduled for June in Camp David.

    Or at least, the leaders and delegations won't be meeting in person - turns out even a global summit can be done from home.

    The White House said the meetings would take place remotely by videoconference "in order for each country to focus all of its resources on responding to the health and economic challenges of Covid-19," White House spokesman Judd Deere said.

    The G7 summit is an annual get-together of the world's seven largest economies. That's Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.

    But all those countries are currently in crisis mode to stop the spread of the coronavirus and to shore up their economies against the impact the crisis is expected to have.

  2. California issues 'stay at home' order
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    California's governor has issued a statewide "stay at home" order to all residents due to the pandemic. They can only leave their homes when necessary.

  3. Welcome to our live coverage

    Welcome back to the BBC's live coverage of the global coronavirus pandemic. We'll be bringing you the latest updates from Singapore, London, Delhi, Sydney and from our correspondents around the world. Some from the office, some from home.

    Here's what you might have missed and what's happening right now:

    • the US State Department has advised Americans against all international travel
    • China has its second day of no new domestic cases.
    • Italy now has a higher death toll than China, with 3,405 people passing away from Covid-19
    • The global number of confirmed infections has risen to more than 222,000, with more than 9,000 deaths.