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The World Health Organization's emergencies chief Michael Ryan voices alarm at the spread of COVID-19 in Africa, warning South Africa's surging numbers could be a "marker" for outbreaks across the continent. "I'm very concerned right now that we are beginning to see an acceleration of disease in Africa," he tells a virtual press conference. SOUNDBITE
The number of new coronavirus cases for the past week has "exceeded 160,000 on every single day," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says at a virtual briefing, while reiterating that taking a "comprehensive approach" is the best way to rein in the virus. SOUNDBITE of a WHO virtual press conference
Britain records 55 deaths in the coronavirus outbreak in the last 24 hours - the lowest total since March 21, with Scotland now going two days without a fatality. SOUNDBITE
The coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 29,000 people in France with 81 new deaths in 24 hours in French hospitals. IMAGES
France is reporting 278 new deaths from coronavirus, but also announced a steep fall in the number of hospital patients, as the country prepares to gradually ease its lockdown. The health ministry says 25,809 people were now confirmed to have died from the virus in hospitals and nursing homes. IMAGES VIDEOGRAPHIC
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