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2.17am BST
Charlotte Graham McLay reports for the Guardian:
New Zealand on Tuesday reported a fourth consecutive day of no new Covid-19 cases spread in the community.
There were two new diagnoses of the virus in the government-run isolation facilities for travellers returning to New Zealand, health officials said. One of the passengers had arrived in the country from Ukraine and the other from Pakistan.
2.16am BST
A rift is deepening between longtime US health officials coordinating the coronavirus response and Scott Atlas, a doctor and conservative commentator recently brought onto the team by Donald Trump.
In an interview on Monday, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious director, Anthony Fauci, said he is concerned the president’s new task force pick is spreading misinformation and implied he does not work with the other health officials.
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