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Monday, 20 April 2020

Coronavirus live news: Trump downplays oil crash as 'short term'

US oil market collapses into negative prices; global cases near 2.5 million; Tokyo Olympics might not happen in 2021. Follow the latest updates

Dr Anthony Fauci has warned that if the US moves too quickly to end stay-at-home orders there could be another surge in Covid-19 cases

Speaking to ABC News, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a key member of the White House coronavirus taskforce, was much more cautious than Donald Trump, who has downplayed the outbreak and pushed to open the US quickly.

Related: Fauci warns Covid-19 cases could surge if stay-home orders lifted too quickly

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, with me, Helen Sullivan.

Another day, another bizarre White House press briefing. This one ended with Trump citing a range of different numbers for the potential deaths the US could have experienced. Without the actions taken by his administration, there could have been 700,000 deaths, a million deaths, or maybe “millions”, Trump said.

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