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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis. On the campaign trail, US President Donald Trump is to hold his first mass rally in months. Some 19,000 people are expected in Oklahoma, where they must sign a disclaimer to ensure Trump will not be held liable if they get sick. Six members of a campaign advance team test positive for the virus hours before Trump is to take the stage, but his communications director says no one who had immediate contact with them would attend the event. Brazil reports a one-day record of nearly 55,000 infections, making it the second country to pass one million cases after the United States. Chile nearly doubles its death toll to more than 7,000 under a new tallying method that includes probable fatalities from the virus. In another grim milestone, Europe chalks up more than 2.5 million cases, making it the worst-affected continent. Almost half of those cases have been registered in Russia, Britain, Spain and Italy, according to an AFP tally. The pandemic has killed at least 461,665 people worldwide since it surfaced in China late last year, according to an AFP tally at 1900 GMT on Saturday, based on official sources. The United States has the most deaths at 119,460 followed by Brazil with 48,954, Britain with 42,589, Italy with 34,610 and France with 29,633. Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis says it will halt a clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19, citing problems in recruiting enough patients for the study of the controversial drug. burs-eab-wai/ach
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