America has the highest number of infections in the world, followed by Brazil and India.
The US has surpassed 5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus, by far the highest in the world.
The bleak milestone - recorded the Johns Hopkins University, which is tracking the virus - confirms the US as the worst hit country, followed by Brazil and India, which have more than 3 million and 2.1 million infections respectively., there are around 10 times as many people infected, given the limits on testing and the large number of mild cases that have gone unreported or unrecognised.
Many Americans have resisted wearing face masks and social distancing, and the US failure to contain the spread ofItalian health minister Roberto Speranza has criticised the US and officially condemned Washington's decision to withhold funding from the World Health Organisation, and expressed amazement at President Donald Trump's response to the pandemic.
After Mr Trump finally wore a mask last month, Mr Speranza said:"I'm not surprised by Trump's behaviour now; I'm profoundly surprised by his behaviour before."
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