World coronavirus dispatch: Work on vaccine globalised like never before

From how lockdown has changed human behavior, to New Zealand becoming Covid-free, and how coronavirus devastated the diamond world - read these and more in today's world dispatch

The number of people who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus worldwide has surpassed the 7-million mark. Policy response to the crisis has been ‘every-country-for-itself’ and — in the case of the US and China — tinged with geopolitical rivalry. But the scientific work to understand the virus and develop a vaccine has been globalised on an unprecedented scale. Read more here

Let’s look at the global statistics

• Total confirmed cases: 7,015,079
• Change over previous day: 116,466
• Total deaths: 402,852
• Total recovered: 3,142,453
• Nations hit with most cases: The US (1,942,363), Brazil (691,758), Russia (467,073), the UK (287,621) and India (257,486).

Source: Johns