President Trump has made some pretty bold claims in the four-page letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) that he put out on Twitter earlier.

Much of the letter centers around the same message that he's been saying for a while - highlighting what he says is the organisation's "alarming lack of independence from China".

Here are some of the claims in the letter:

• Trump claims that China's President Xi Jinping reportedly pressured the WHO into not declaring the virus outbreak an emergency. He says the WHO caved into this pressure but was later forced to reverse course

• He says the WHO has been "curiously insistent" on praising China for its transparency throughout the virus outbreak, despite the fact that China until now, refuses to "share accurate and timely data"
• Trump refers to several incidents in China where Africans reportedly faced discrimination after it was revealed that two Nigerians tested positive for the virus. He said the government failed to comment on these "racially discriminatory actions"

The WHO has previously said it acted properly in accordance with the information it was given by China, sharing it with medical and scientific experts around the world, including from the US.

Read more from the BBC's Reality Check team who have previously looked into some of the charges President Trump has levelled against the WHO.

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The first hints that a vaccine can train people's immune system to fight coronavirus have been reported by a company in the US.

Moderna said neutralising antibodies were found in the first eight people who took part in their safety trials. It also said the immune response was similar to people infected with the actual virus.

Larger trials to see whether the jab actually protects against infection are expected to start in July.

• Click here to read our full story on the vaccine research

Work on a coronavirus vaccine has been taking place at unprecedented speed, with around 80 groups around the world working on them.

A vaccine would provide some protection by training people's immune systems to fight the virus so they should not become sick. This would allow lockdowns to be lifted more safely, and social distancing to be relaxed.

Lockdown restrictions are slowly being eased in some countries and here's what life looks like for people who are emerging from lockdowns or severe restrictions.

In Australia, the professional Rugby Union team Melbourne Rebels are back to training, with officials flagging July as a possible start to the season.

However, in order to adhere to Covid-19 rules, players are behind a temporary fence.

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In India, tens of thousands of migrants continue to flee cities for their villages. What began as a response to a brutal lockdown to curb the spread of the virus has now turned into a humanitarian tragedy.

This is part of a crowd of people waiting for screening before they can board special buses to take them back to their home states. Social distancing norms are clearly not an option.

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New Zealand has been one of the world's biggest success stories in terms of containing the virus.

Here, Prime Minister Jacinda Arden is pictured during a visit to the Rotorua region to meet with tourism and hospitality operators to discuss how the region is recovering from Covid-19.

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This image is from Beijing China, where commuters in face masks are navigating morning rush hour.

The city is prepping for the annual meeting of the National People's Congress, due to begin on 22 May.

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Loss of smell or taste have now been added to the list of coronavirus symptoms that people in the UK should look out for.

According to the UK's National Health Service, anyone showing particular symptoms has to stay at home in order to stop the coronavirus from spreading further.

But how do you know if you're ill, just feeling a bit ropey or if you have the symptoms of coronavirus? What do the symptoms of coronavirus feel like?

President Trump's announcement that he has been taking hydroxychloroquine - a malaria drug - to stave off the coronavirus has caused a flurry of shock, surprise and in some instances - horror.

Scientists have said there is no definitive evidence the drug works when used in treatment of patients with Covid-19. There are also risks of serious side effects, including renal and liver damage.

"I'm a scientist. I don't care about your political preferences but please don't take hydroxychloroquine. It's quite harmful and statistically is not likely to help you recover from Covid-19," said one person on Twitter.

Following Mr Trump's reference to the drugs in late March, there was a sharp increase reported in prescriptions in the US for both chloroquine and hydrochloroquine, although demand has since declined.

Some who rely on the medication posted pictures of themselves having to go without the drug, as a result of increased demand:

And others simply reacted with humour:

The president has spent weeks pushing the drug as a potential Covid-19 cure.

Read more about the drug here.

There are now close to 4.8 million people worldwide who have been infected with the virus. Just under 1.8 million of those have recovered but 318,465 people have died.

You can track the global outbreak on a special BBC page where we keep you updated on how the virus spreads, where there are clusters around the world, where the virus is still peaking and where numbers are already on the decline.

If you just want a quick glance at the numbers, you can get that at the Johns Hopkins University, external where data from around the globe is constantly being updated.

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Brazil has overtaken the UK in numbers of reported virus infections and now has the third-highest toll of cases following the US and Russia. There are more than 255,000 confirmed infections.

The country's death toll stands at 16,853, the sixth-highest toll in the world. Observers fear that the actual numbers of both deaths and infections might be much higher.

Brazil is deeply divided over how to respond to the crisis. While regional governors have implemented lockdown measures, President Jair Bolsonaro argues the lockdown does more harm than the virus itself.

On Monday, residents of one of Sao Paulo's largest favelas staged a rally to demand the government do more to protect them from the pandemic. The city has been under lockdown since March but many in the favelas have no option to stay safely at home.

Frances Mao
Sydney

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Australia has had success stemming the spread of the virus - and that success has directly boosted the image of its leader Scott Morrison.

Just a few months ago he was deeply unpopular, blasted for his inaction during the bushfires crisis. (He took a secret holiday to Hawaii while the nation was burning).

Voters questioned his judgement; some famously even refused to shake his hand.

However with this health crisis, things have been different. He listened to the science, and made quick, decisive calls. Australia's curve flattened as a result.

How much credit does he deserve? And can he keep up the support?

Read more in my piece here.

Good morning from India, where the population has woken up to the grim news that reported Covid-19 infections in the country have now exceeded 100,000 cases.

Local media are calling the milestone a "grim reminder" of the challenge faced by the world's second-most populous country.

Significantly, the news comes a day after state governments announced considerable relaxations to a lockdown put in place to curb the spread of the virus.

Despite the lockdown being eased, infections in the country are continuing to rise, which some experts have said is cause for concern as more people begin interacting with each other. This is in contrast to a number of European countries who seem to have passed a peak in infections.

Some predictions are that cases in India will peak only by July - the speed at which that happens will likely depend on how successfully social distancing is maintained.

US President Donald Trump has given the World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus a 30 day deadline to make "major changes" - or the US would permanently cut off funding to the organisation.

In a tweet, Mr Trump published his full letter to Mr Ghebreyesus, in which he criticised the WHO for not doing enough, saying it "consistently ignored credible reports of the virus spreading" late last year in Wuhan.

He also called out the WHO for repeatedly "praising" China, saying the only way forward for it was to "demonstrate independence from China".

He added that if the WHO did not "commit to major substantive improvements", he would "make his temporary freeze of US funding permanent and reconsider our membership".

The full letter can be found here., external

Like in much of the rest of the world, Europe's food and agriculture industry is badly affected by the global pandemic.

Half of the fishermen in the Netherlands have stopped going out to sea because the price of fresh fish has plummeted due to a lack of demand.

In France, 150,000 tonnes of high quality cheese went off last week, because farmers can’t sell it.

And many of the warehouses that store fresh food across Europe are now reaching capacity.

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North America correspondent

US President Donald Trump has been promoting, for several weeks, the use of hydroxychloroquine, as a drug that may lessen the symptoms of the coronavirus. The president, who is 73, said he was given the go ahead by the White House doctor to take the drug, even though there is no medical evidence that it helps patients recover from the disease.

Last month the US Food and Drug Administration said hydroxychloroquine had "not been shown to be safe and effective for treating or preventing Covid-19.” It issued a warning that some people could suffer serious heart rhythm problems as a result of taking it in combination with other drugs.

Trump, who says he hasn’t shown any symptoms of the disease, made his surprise announcement following a meeting with restaurant executives, about the impact of the virus.

The president’s comments stunned even his most ardent supporters. Immediately following Mr Trump's remarks, a presenter on the Fox News network, which is generally politically aligned with the president, issued a stern warning to his viewers. Citing a government study, Neil Cavuto said the drug would kill people with vulnerable conditions such as respiratory problems and heart ailments.

Read our piece by the Reality Check team on what we know for sure about this drug.

Australia has now recorded 100 deaths from the virus, says the national broadcaster ABC.

The latest victim is a 93-year-old woman who had been a resident at an aged care home in Sydney, where there's been a super cluster of cases. 19 people have now died at the home.

Australia's figures for deaths and reported cases are still far lower than other Western nations, with about 7,000 confirmed cases.

Here are some more details on the Europe recovery fund we mentioned.

France and Germany have united in calling for €500bn ($545bn; £448bn) to be distributed amongst the EU countries worst affected by Covid-19.

The leaders of both countries Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel agreed that the funds should be provided as grants.

Mr Macron said it was a major step forward and was "what the eurozone needs to remain united".

Merkel said the European Commission would raise money for the fund by borrowing on the markets. This would be repaid gradually from the EU's overall budget.

The move marks a major step forward for Merkel, who had earlier rejected the idea of nations sharing debt.

Find out more about the proposed fund here.

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Frederic Yonnet is an urban jazz harmonica player living in the US who was about to go on tour just as the pandemic brought life to a standstill.

Now he's doing sessions from his house and garden in Washington with all his neighbours and passersby invited to "eavesdrop" and enjoy a gig from a safe distance.

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Protesters and police in the Chilean capital of Santiago have clashed amid tension over food shortages in lockdown.

Local television showed police using tear gas and water cannons on protesters in El Bosque, who had earlier been throwing stones and setting fires.

District mayor Sadi Melo told local radio that the neighbourhood was facing a "very complex situation" because of "hunger and lack of work".

President Sebastián Piñera later pledged his government would provide 2.5 million baskets of food and other essentials over the next week or so.

Read more about the situation in Santiago here.

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A diary written by an award-winning Chinese author documenting her life in the city of Wuhan - where the virus first emerged last year - has now been translated into English.

In her diary entries, Fang Fang wrote about everything from the challenges of daily life to the physiological impact of forced isolation, providing millions in China with a rare glimpse into the city.

She emerged as an alternative voice to state media and many eagerly turned in to read her words, but public opinion turned against her after it was revealed that a US publisher was turning her words into a book.

She was seen instead not as a bearer of truth but a traitor to China, a woman capitalising on her fame - and even possibly a tragedy.

"She's seizing this time of national crisis and taking advantage [of it]," one user on Weibo had said. "Contemptible."

Read more about Fang Fang's story here.

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US President Donald Trump has accused the World Health Organization of being a “puppet of China”. His comments come as the WHO is holding a two-day virtual meeting focussed on the global pandemic.

He said the WHO "gave us a lot of very bad advice, terrible advice" and were "wrong so much and always on the side of China".

While Trump did not himself attend, the US health secretary joined via video, saying the WHO mishandled the crisis, costing “many lives”.

• Click here to read our full coverage of Trump's comments

Trump, who has been criticised for his own handling of the pandemic, has repeatedly accused the WHO for failing to alert the world early enough and for putting too much trust in China. Trump has accused China of covering up the crisis at the beginning of the outbreak.

The US has already suspended its funding of the WHO, pending an investigation of the body's handling of the pandemic.

At the start of the WHO meeting on Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said China was "open and transparent" and insisted that any investigation should happen after the pandemic was brought under control.

Hello and a warm welcome back to our continued coverage of the coronavirus outbreak. We’re writing to you from Singapore this morning, and will be joined by our colleagues across Asia and London later on today. Here’s a quick glance at all that’s happened overnight:

• US President Trump has lashed out again at the World Health Organization (WHO), this time calling it a “puppet of China”. Trump has previously accused the WHO of failing to hold Beijing to account.
• Meanwhile the WHO agreed that it would hold a global review of its handling of the pandemic. Its decision making body, the World Health Assembly, is now holding its annual meeting
• And more Trump news coming your way. The US president said he is taking the unproven drug hydroxychloroquine as a preventive treatment for Covid-19, despite medical warnings about the use of the anti-malarial drug
• Over in Europe, France and Germany are proposing a €500bn European recovery fund be distributed to the worst affected EU countries. It’s a big step forward for Ms Merkel, who had previously rejected the idea of nations sharing debt
• Globally, more than 4.79 million people in the world have now been infected with the coronavirus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Total deaths stands at 318,303