UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spent his second night in the intensive care unit in hospital.
Mauro Ferrari, the head of the European Research Council and the EU’s top scientist, has resigned citing Brussels’ “disappointing” response to the pandemic, the Financial Times reports.
Coronavirus cases reported in China rose to 62, double Tuesday’s total.
Japan has woken up to its first day under a month-long state of emergency.
Australia’s parliament is set to meet to pass a A$130bn (£65bn; $80bn) wage support package, designed to accommodate about half of Australia’s usual workforce.
France’s death toll passed 10,000 after a rise in the number of fatalities at nursing homes.
