Coronavirus: latest global developments

Coronavirus: latest global developments

A teacher and senior high school students wearing face masks are seen inside a classroom on their first day of returning to campus following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China May 6, 2020.. At least 260,546 people have died of the novel coronavirus since the epidemic surfaced in China late last year, according to an AFP tally at 1900 GMT (11pm UAE) Wednesday based on official sources.. The United States is the worst-hit country, with 71,982 deaths out of 1,214,572 cases.. Britain follows with 30,076, then Italy with 29,684 deaths, Spain with 25,857 and France with 25,809.. Senior school students in 121 institutions in the Chinese city of Wuhan -- ground zero of the pandemic -- return to class, wearing masks and walking in single file past thermal scanners.. Return dates have generally not been confirmed for junior and middle school students.. South Korea returns largely to normal as workers go back to offices, and museums and libraries reopen under eased social distancing rules.. The EU forecasts that the eurozone economy would contract by a staggering 7.7 per�cent in 2020, calling it a "recession of historic proportions".. The 19-member single currency zone would rebound by 6.3