US companies, govt have been paying above market price for much of the gear purchased overseas

Says the federal govt had 29 million doses of the drug and was adding to its national stockpile

Britain has been buying invasive ventilators from partners abroad, including Germany and Switzerland

Beijing remains unable to completely halt new infections despite imposing some of the most drastic measures

White House medical experts have forecast that between 100,000 to 240,000 Americans could be killed in the pandemic

“Carrying out the shutting down of a blast furnace is expensive,” the analysts wrote

Delay comes amid pressure from US to urgently stabilise global oil markets

Amazon has been in contact with the CEOs of two coronavirus test-makers

As global infection cases shoot past 1 million with more than 54,000 fatalities

With 158 more fatalities recorded over the past 24 hours