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Coronavirus news – live: UK death toll rises by 938 as government admits it doesn’t know when peak will hit and Boris Johnson remains in intensive care

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab holding a digital Covid-19 press conference in no 10 Downing street in London: EPA
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab holding a digital Covid-19 press conference in no 10 Downing street in London: EPA

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has responded to Donald Trump's threat to withhold funding, arguing "now is not the time" to cut contributions to the institution, which has played a key role in the global response to coronavirus.

Dr Hans Kluge, WHO's regional director for Europe, has also said the European Covid-19 outbreak is "still very concerning" and “we still have a long way to go” in the fight against the pandemic.

Meanwhile, UK government ministers have warned it is unlikely that the country's nationwide lockdown will be lifted soon, as the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the virus was first identified, began to return to some form of normality on Wednesday.

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