The UK's GDP fell by 20.4% in April, the largest monthly fall on record, as the full impact of the coronavirus lockdown came into force.
From CNN's Jen Christensen
When Americans started moving around again in April, they started driving up transmission of the coronavirus again -- and it's not a good sign of what is to come in the fall, a top pandemic modeler said Thursday. Daily deaths will likely decrease through June and July, but the country likely will see a sharp rise in deaths in September, the model projects.
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