Global coronavirus cases top 16 million as UK defends Spain quarantine move

North Korea declared its first suspected coronavirus case on Sunday, becoming one of the last countries to do so as the number of people infected worldwide passed 16 million.The isolated, impoverished state had until now insisted it had not detected a single Covid-19 case – even as the pandemic swept the planet, overwhelming health systems and trashing the global economy.At least 645,000 people around the world have succumbed to the respiratory disease, with North Korean arch-rival the United…

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