US may become centre of coronavirus pandemic, WHO says

The US could become the new centre of the global coronavirus pandemic, according to the World Health Organization, which said case numbers were rising quickly there even asDonald Trump talked of reopening the country for business.

“We are now seeing a very large acceleration in cases in the US. So it does have that potential [to become the centre of the pandemic],” the WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said.

So far, 46,450 people in the US have become infected with the virus and there have been 593 deaths, according to the...