Germany and other parts of Europe have taken tentative steps to ease lockdown measures as more countries saw death rates from the coronavirus fall, but officials warned the battle against the pandemic was far from over.

The World Health Organisation defended its handling of the crisis against scathing criticism from Washington and others, with its chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisting the UN body had been warning against the virus “from day one”.

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