Coronavirus live news: Trump steps back as deaths worldwide pass 200,000

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1.17am BST

Hello and welcome to today’s live coverage of coronavirus news from around the world with me, Helen Sullivan.

As the number of people who have lost their lives in this pandemic passes 200,000, the US president, Donald Trump, has declared his own White House press briefings “not worth the effort” after comments he made about using disinfectant to cure coronavirus were met with shock and ridicule.

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