Mortality statistics show 122,000 deaths in excess of normal levels across 14 countries analysed by the FT

From business closures to movement restrictions, some countries’ policies show first signs of easing

Find any country in the customisable version of the Covid-19 trajectory charts

Donald Trump’s claims that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was source of outbreak belie scientific evidence

Pandemic is causing the biggest disruption in decades to economies across the world

Beijing edits European opinion piece published in Chinese state-controlled media

Fears over health systems prompt states to take early preventive measures

The continent is facing an humanitarian and economic catastrophe, reports David Pilling

Social distancing curbs mean August vote cannot be held, says electoral commission

Macron also backs calls for debt relief as he seeks to be seen as champion of continent’s interests

Join our campaign for clear pension charges - FT Money has been exploring the impossibility of comparing the costs of drawdown plans. The FT is calling on the pensions and advise industry to be transparent about charges to help people to shop around. In this week's show, FT Money Show presenter Claer Barrett interviews o the FT's pensions expert about our campaign. Next up, the spread of the coronavirus has given world stock markets a nasty turn - FT Moneys' new investment reporter, Madison Darbyshire, talks about how investors are reacting. And finally, to cheer listeners up a bit - James Max, our Rich People's Problems columnist is here to discuss a burning issue - the government's proposed ban on coal fires. 

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It's been a week of shock and awe for UK investors. Wednesday started with an emergency interest rate cut from the BoE. New chancellor Rishi Sunak then delivered a Budget full of emergency "first aid" measures to help workers, the self employed and small businesses survive the crisis - and some very unexpected news for wealthy pension savers. And in the meantime - stock markets around the world continue to experience deep falls as central banks work out how to respond to the coronavirus.

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Rwanda’s president says continent needs at least $100bn in foreign support to weather shock

Plea for increased humanitarian help has gone unanswered and funding is set to be cut further

Use of community health workers to identify cases draws heavily on experience battling tuberculosis and HIV

Vice-president makes suggestion even as number of deaths across the country spikes

Entertainment group scraps dividend as executives promise it will weather storm

Claer Barrett and Daniel Thomas hear readers’ experiences of accessing job retention scheme 

Finance minister also says companies cannot pay dividends while receiving government money 

Litigation battles, fear turns to lawsuits, and a data security flaw

But why didn’t the chancellor go the whole hog and scrap the tax taper altogether?

The ‘Mick Jagger of microbes’ on a life of fighting disease — and the severity of the current crisis

Group has halted work at number of mines due to pandemic

Pandemic puts more pressure on Masayoshi Son’s bet on beleaguered WeWork

Oil price collapse and crumbling health system put Latin American nation at risk

Flashpoint between Brazil’s populist leader and political establishment over response to virus

Region’s ‘Pink tide’ leaders see chance of revival as inequality and public health concerns take centre stage

Officials’ barbs come at a precarious time for Latin American country

Approval ratings for the billionaire president have more than doubled

Tokyo’s Topix dropped 2.5% at the open, taking the benchmark index down more than 30% for the year. The move followed S&P 500 index's collapse of 12 per cent on Monday, marking the biggest one-day fall since the crash of October 1987.

The ESG spotlight has turned to how companies treat their employees, customers and suppliers

Efforts to improve diversity and inclusion must not be sidelined as companies rebuild

‘There is hardly a place on earth less suited to the age of social distancing’

The full impact of the deadly Sars-like virus that has spread across China will take time to assess. But it’s clear there will be significant damage to the region’s economies and perhaps also to the reputation of China’s leaders for failing to tackle the coronavirus early enough to prevent its spread. Andreas Paleit discusses the political and economic impact of the outbreak with Tom Hancock, recently back from Wuhan, James Kynge in Hong Kong and Sue-Lin Wong in Shenzhen.

Contributors: Andreas Paleit, companies desk editor, Tom Hancock, China consumer industries correspondent, Sue-Lin Wong, South China correspondent, and James Kynge, global China editor. Producers: Fiona Symon and Persis Love.

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As the coronavirus continues to spread, what is the risk that this will push the global economy into recession and what can central bankers and policymakers do to help avoid this? Katie Martin discusses the economic shock caused by the virus with the FT's economics editor Chris Giles.

Contributors: Katie Martin, capital markets editor, and Chris Giles, economics editor. Producers: Fiona Symon and Andrew Georgiades

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Analysts fear government’s timid fiscal response will prolong the pain

Jeanine Añez settles in for long haul as pandemic adds to political uncertainty

Stimulant given as ‘likely’ reason for lower infections but authorities stress health risks

First country to get a vaccine could have an economic as well as a health advantage

As researchers race to develop a coronavirus vaccine, we look at efforts to ensure that the world’s poor are not left behind — and ask whether the pandemic will jolt policymakers into confronting the looming threat from antimicrobial resistance

The world needs to act now to avert the threat from antimicrobial resistance

The wide variety of Covid-19 symptoms seen by doctors is confounding the scientific community

Demand for classically defensive stocks rises as viral outbreak worsens

The FT analyses the scale of outbreaks and the number of deaths around the world

Eighth consecutive cut could heap fresh pressure on already struggling lira

Singapore’s second wave of infections and US meat packers offer cautionary tales

The industry has been one of the hardest hit, with contracts cancelled, production halted and pleas for big bailouts