Key developments in the global coronavirus outbreak today include:

Italy and Spain record highest single-day death tolls

Italy and Spain both reported their biggest single-day death tolls from the coronavirus. Authorities in Rome on Friday announced 5,986 new cases and a record 627 new deaths, raising the totals to 47,021 infections and 4,032 fatalities. In Spain, the death toll rose to 1,002, a highest-ever increase of 235 in 24 hours. Helge Braun, Angela Merkel’s chief of staff, warned that a near-total lockdown – as in force in Italy, Spain and France – could soon be necessary in Germany.

Restaurants, pubs and gyms to close in UK

All cafes, pubs, restaurants, gyms and other similar venues across the UK have been ordered to close from Friday evening for the foreseeable future, as the prime minister, Boris Johnson, said it was vital to take more urgent steps to reduce the rapid spread of the Covid-19 virus. The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced the government will pay up to 80% of the wages of British workers to keep them in jobs.

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Donald Trump invokes new powers to speed up medical supplies

The US president has invoked the Defense Production Act to get needed medical supplies on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak, mobilising the federal government to marshal the private sector to combat the pandemic. The secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has confirmed the US-Mexican border will be closing to non-essential travel.

Play Video 0:55 US-Mexico border closes to non-essential travel due to coronavirus outbreak – video

Global death toll passes 10,000

The epidemic has infected more than 255,000 people worldwide and killed more than 10,400, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. Around half of those deaths have been in Europe, according to an AFP tally based on official sources.

Chinese inquiry exonerates coronavirus whistleblower doctor

The Chinese doctor who was reprimanded for “spreading rumours” after he sought to warn colleagues about the emergence of Covid-19 has been officially exonerated by an investigation into his death. However the report has also been criticised for not going far enough, after it only recommended the reprimand against Dr Li Wenliang be withdrawn.

Anger grows among Britons on holiday as lockdowns block returns

Thousands of British holidaymakers could find themselves stranded abroad, as flight cancellations, travel restrictions and lockdowns due to the global coronavirus pandemic complicate their journeys home. As many as 100,000 tourists may still be in Spain, despite a near-total lockdown and government orders that all hotels be shut down within the week.