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U.K. Passes 10,000 Deaths After Johnson Released: Virus Update

(Bloomberg) -- The U.K. became the fifth country to record more than 10,000 deaths from the coronavirus, hours after Prime Minister Boris Johnson was released from the hospital where he spent a week being treated for Covid-19.Parts of the U.S. may be ready in May to ease emergency measures taken against the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci said a day after the U.S. became the world’s epicenter for coronavirus.The number of cases in Spain fell even as fatalities inched higher and Germany reported the fewest cases in five days. Europe is likely to experience a more severe recession than the rest of the world and might not show proper signs of recovery until next year, according to European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos.Key DevelopmentsCoronavirus Tracker: Global cases exceed 1.79 million; deaths top 110,000U.S. deaths reach 20,600Russian flight brings dozens of cases into ChinaSpain cases keep slowing, deaths approach 17,000U.S....