Article 53MHH World Health Assembly passes resolution to investigate global pandemic response –as it happened

World Health Assembly passes resolution to investigate global pandemic response –as it happened

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Helen Sullivan (now and earlier); Kevin Rawlinson,
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12.23am BST

We've launched a new blog at the link below - head there for rolling coverage of the coronavirus pandemic from around the world:

Related: Coronavirus live news: Brazil sees record daily deaths as World Bank warns 60m to fall into extreme poverty

11.47pm BST

Beyond the hot spots of Brazil and Mexico, the coronavirus is threatening to overwhelm Latin American cities large and small in an alarming sign that the pandemic may be only at the start of its destructive march through the region.

More than 90% of intensive care beds were full last week in Chile's capital, Santiago, whose main cemetery dug 1,000 emergency graves to prepare for a wave of deaths, AP reports.

In Lima, Peru, patients took up 80% of intensive care beds as of Friday. Peru has the world's 12th-highest number of confirmed cases, with more than 90,000.

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