Europe fatalities pass 100,000, but death rate slows in Spain and Netherlands – as it happened

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He’s just told the next reporter that she is “one of the most inaccurate reporters”. This anger at the press is sadly so common at these press conferences.

Trump is now getting a question about why he didn’t warn Americans about the virus earlier. Trump responds by asking the reporter which network she is from (CBS). She follows up her question and he tells her to “relax”. He doesn’t answer and goes to his stock answer that he put a ban on flights from China in the end of January.

He’s getting quite angry now. In a back and forth with the reporter, Trump tells her to “keep your voice down”.

Now he is shouting at her and telling her she should say to him “thank you very much for (my) good judgement”.

Another female reporter is asking a question now. He talks over her and it’s hard to hear her question.

Trump is asked what advice he would give to the many protestors who are against the government’s restrictions.

“You’re allowed to protest,” he says, adding that “some governors have gone too far”.

He says he watched footage of the protests and was happy they were all practicing social distancing, which is very much not true.

You can follow our detailed coverage of the press conference on our US live blog.

Trump is asked about Iran and if he would help them in the pandemic. Trump says he would be happy to consider it. “They have been hit very hard,” he says.

Trump has gone off script and appears to be in full stream-of-consciousness mode ... very much in the spirit of his campaign rallies.

He says the coronavirus has taught the nation and important less about the “supply chain” and the need to not have to rely on other countries in times of crisis. He then spends a few minutes criticising trade policies with hard words for Nafta and the World Trade Organization.

“I want to read something I saw on television,” he says, before reading his own tweet from 19 Feburary off a large printed page.

Hello, this is Alison Rourke picking up our live coverage of coronavirus as Donald Trump gives his daily White House briefing.

The president began the briefing by saying a deal with the Democrats is “close” on the latest relief bill for small businesses and workers ... and could be resolved as soon as tomorrow.

He says 4.18 million Americans have been tested for the coronavirus. “That’s a record anywhere in the world,” Trump says. “More total tests than all the following nations combined: France, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, India, Austria, Australia, Sweden and Canada.”

Trump says there is a “tremendous capacity” for testing before showing off a medical swab, likening it to a Q-tip. “We have ordered a lot of them,” he said, but notes that some states “don’t know where they are”.

Then a return to what’s become a recurring motif over the past few days: “We are now the king of ventilators,” he says. “We have so many ventilators.”

That’s all from me for now - I’m handing over to my colleague Alison Rourke to take you through the next few hours. Thanks for reading and writing in.

Here’s a quick summary of the latest:

• The global death toll has reached 164,938, according to Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. The total number of infections worldwide is at 2,394,291.
• Turkey’s death toll has passed 2,000, with the announcement of 127 new deaths bringing the official death toll to 2,017.
  
• Poland recorded its biggest spike in coronavirus cases on Sunday with 545 new infections registered, a day before the country plans to ease some of its restrictions.
• Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and US president Donald Trump have agreed on a phone call to cooperate in protecting healthcare and economies from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
• The British government will charter flights to repatriate the most vulnerable Britons stranded in New Zealand this week.
• France has doubled its production of face masks from 4m to 8m a week and there are now enough for essential healthcare and frontline staff.
• Peru has reported over 15,000 cases of coronavirus, the second-highest tally in Latin America after Brazil. The country has reported a total of 15,628 cases and 400 deaths, according to the health ministry.
• US governors have accused Donald Trump of making “delusional” and “dangerous” statements amid mounting tensions between the president and state leaders over coronavirus testing and pressure to roll back stay-at-home measures.
• Tunisia is extending its lockdown to 4 May, then it will ease restrictions gradually on some economic activities, prime minister Elyes Fakhfakh has said.
• Thousands of Israelis have demonstrated against prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu while maintaining social distancing measures, calling on Gantz’s Blue and White party not to join in a coalition led by a premier charged with corruption.

Lockdowns across Europe have had a dramatic impact on air traffic, with 90% fewer flights taking off from the continent’s largest airports compared to a year ago

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Wearing face masks, waving black flags and keeping two yards apart, thousands of Israelis demonstrated against prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu under strict coronavirus restrictions on Sunday.

Netanyahu, who denies any wrongdoing, is under criminal indictment in three corruption cases.

He is also negotiating a power-sharing deal with his rival Benny Gantz to form a coalition government that would end a year of political deadlock after three inconclusive elections.

Demonstrations are allowed under Israel’s coronavirus restrictions, as long as participants maintain distance from each other and wear face masks.

Under the banner of “Save the Democracy,” protesters called on Gantz’s Blue and White party not to join in a coalition led by a premier charged with corruption.

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19 Apr 202017.36 EDT

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Ten Britons and a UK resident who had been stranded by the coronavirus lockdown in the Peruvian city of Cusco for more than a month have left Lima on a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt after successfully being transferred from the Andean city to the capital.

The group, which included UK citizens who had tested positive for Covid-19, were among more than 30 travellers who boarded the German Boeing-747 to Frankfurt on Sunday afternoon.

Among the UK nationals Chris Ramsay, 29, an engineer from Salisbury, and Ian Lindsay, 68, a retired general practitioner living in Dublin, had both been diagnosed with Covid-19 but Peruvian authorities allowed them to leave as they had completed the quarantine and were no longer considered to be infectious.

“It was a great relief,” said Lindsay’s sister, Patricia Pacheco, who had been travelling with him along with their partners. “I honestly thought the Peruvian authorities would block it again.”

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The group had been turned away from a military flight sent to transfer them to Lima for the last UK repatriation flight on Wednesday following health screening.

The acting UK ambassador in Peru, Andrew Soper tweeted : “Pleased we were able to help another group of British travellers start their journey home today, including those who had been stranded in Cusco.”

“Thanks to our German partners for organising the flights. We will continue to do everything we can to support those UK nationals who remain in Peru.”

Other travellers who were on the flight to Frankfurt included citizens from Canada, Sweden, Norway, Austria, the Netherlands and Germany.

Tunisia is extending its lockdown to 4 May, then it will ease restrictions gradually on some economic activities, prime minister Elyes Fakhfakh has said.

The government has said it expected Tunisia’s economy would shrink by up to 4.3%, the steepest drop since independence in 1956, because of the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak.

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“The situation is relatively under control, but more caution is required,” Fakhfakh told state-run TV. He added that the pace of normal life will not return quickly even after 4 May. Tunisia’s vital tourism sector could lose $1.4 billion and 400,000 jobs this year, an official letter sent to the IMF showed.

The North African country has confirmed 866 cases of the coronavirus and 37 people have died, according to Reuters.

US governors have accused Donald Trump of making “delusional” and “dangerous” statements amid mounting tensions between the president and state leaders over coronavirus testing and pressure to roll back stay-at-home measures.

Read Richard Luscombe and Edward Helmore’s report here:

For those of you in need of a heartwarming scene: a taxi driver in Spain who has been taking patients to hospital for free is surprised with a standing ovation and an envelope of cash.