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12.59am BST

Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, has announced it will start easing its lockdown restrictions from Friday.

Currently, social visits to friends and family are not allowed, unless you already live in the same house. From Friday, up to two adults will be able to visit another household.

12.44am BST

And seeming to add to his criticism of China, Trump said that the response to coronavirus had led to “so much unnecessary death”. “It could have been stopped and it could have been stopped [faster] but someone a long time ago decided not to do it that way.”

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