Coronavirus updates: UK PM Johnson being treated by ‘finest medical professionals’

Summary

1. PM Boris Johnson is breathing without assistance in intensive care – Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab
2. Raab, deputising for the PM, states Boris Johnson is a “fighter” and is positive he will recover
3. UK has suffered 6,169 deaths, 786 in the past day, but not seeing “huge growth in cases”
4. New york city records 731 deaths, the largest single-day rise in the worst-hit state
5. Individuals of Wuhan, where the virus broke out, can leave for first time considering that 23 January
6. Ballot in Democratic presidential main election under way in Wisconsin after court battle
7. Stock exchange rise on hopes the spread of coronavirus is starting to slow
8. Travel is shut down in Israel ahead of the Jewish Passover holiday