‘I owe them my life’ – Boris Johnson pays tribute to NHS staff – as it happened
US death toll becomes the highest in the world; Italy and India extend lockdown
Coronavirus crisis demands that the G20 give debt relief to sub-Saharan Africa
With the IMF and World Bank spring conference approaching, research underlines need to bail out world’s poorest countries
Blindsided: how coronavirus felled the global economy in 100 days
A singular event has economists asking the same questions as everyone else: how far is there to fall – and can we ever get back?
IMF chief flags up grim global economic forecast
Kristalina Georgieva says Covid-19 pandemic has spawned ‘economic crisis like no other’
Coronavirus could push half a billion people into poverty, Oxfam warns
Nearly half of all jobs in Africa could be lost without urgent action, says charity
Fashion industry reels as coronavirus shuts shops and cancels orders
Report warns 80% of firms face a highly uncertain future if stores close for two months
Global investors clamour for safe haven in UK government bonds
Flight from stock markets helps Treasury complete first part of scheme to bolster spending with at least £45bn extra this month
Donald Trump ‘lost $1bn in a month’ from coronavirus lockdown
Stock market crash strips billionaire status from 267 of world’s richest people in the annual list
The global stock market rally feels fragile
Shares have bounced back but it’s too soon to call the bottom for prices in the Covid-19 pandemic
Global leaders urge G20 to tackle twin health and economic crises
Letter calls for $8bn emergency health fund to help prevent second wave of coronavirus
Sanctions are crippling Iran’s fight against coronavirus
As mayor of Tehran I have seen lives lost as a result of medical shortages. This is no time for vindictive politics, says Pirouz Hanachi
Unemployment in US and UK ‘may be worse than in Great Depression’
Coronavirus fuelling faster collapse in jobs and business than 1930s, says ex-Bank of England rate-setter David Blanchflower
FTSE 100 posts largest quarterly fall since Black Monday aftermath
Speed of US stock market fall outstrips even 1929 Wall Street crash, reflecting global scenario
The stock markets have rallied, so is peak panic over?
In the past fortnight an optimism of sorts has returned but the rebound rests in part on some pretty heroic assumptions
Coronavirus epidemic ‘far from over’ in Asia-Pacific, WHO warns
Every country needs to keep preparing for large-scale community transmission, says regional director