Coronavirus live news: France Six Nations match may be postponed as hospitalisations rise

Slovakia has highest death rate in world relative to population; Italy extends ban on non-essential travel

• US death toll passes 500,000 after devastating winter surge
• Johnson promises incomparably better' summer in England after lockdown
• Step by step: how England's Covid lockdown will be lifted
• Italy misled WHO on pandemic readiness' weeks before outbreak
• Pandemic leaves Europeans more likely to believe conspiracy theories'

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Here is a roundup of the key moments from this evening:

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