Japan's Nikkei rose 2 per cent and has erased most of last week's losses. — AFP pic
The United States is bracing for its toughest week yet as the death toll climbs above 10,000 while across the Atlantic, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has entered intensive care after his Covid-19 symptoms worsened. Hope stems though from hardest-hit Italy and Spain, where authorities have started looking ahead to easing lockdowns after steady falls in coronavirus-related fatality rates.
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