New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus has risen past 4,000, eclipsing the number killed at the World Trade Centre on 9/11.

In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson lies in intensive care, believed to be the first major world leader hospitalised with the virus.

The twin developments come even as the crisis seemed to be easing or at least stabilising, by some measures, in New York and parts of Europe, though health officials are warning people at nearly every turn not to let their guard down.

After 76 days, China has finally lifted the lockdown on Wuhan, the city of 11 million where the outbreak began.

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