Global report: obey rules to avoid second Covid-19 lockdown, leaders warn

Countries around the world battle to contain rises in numbers of new infections

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France's health minister, Olivier Veran, has warned that the struggle with coronavirus virus will be long, and that a second national lockdown will be avoided only if people stick to physical distancing rules.

His comments came as the US death toll from the virus approached 150,000 and as Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, said the recent improvement in his country could quickly be reversed.