View on the world: April 18

• The WHO says there is "no evidence" that having had the virus guarantees immunity
• The One World: Together At Home show will see more than 100 artists perform from their homes

World
in 185 cvountries,
2.2m+ positives, 155,000 deaths

Belgium
5.453 deaths

Canada 
Justin Trudeau announced the border between Canada and the USA will stay closed another month,

France
112,000 positives, 19,000 deaths

Germany
Rise of cases: 4,110

Italy
23,227 deaths

Lombardy
12,000 deaths

Nigeria
493 positives, 17 deaths.

Spain:
192.000 positives, 20,043 deaths

The Netherlands
31.589 positives
9.594 admitted (past and present)
3,601 deaths

• Last night 15 students of Vindicat were fined for violating corona rules. The student organisation is wellknown for staying in a high risk area in Italy
• Corona-'appathon' started. This weekend an app will be chosen to trace
• Bruls, of the safety commission suggested that from april 28 the limitations for youngsters should be gone. He got a lot of criticism.

UK
191,726 positives, 15,464 hospital deaths

• The UK doesn’t currently have the capacity to produce the amount of vaccine needed but “is in a really good place” for vaccine development, according to Prof John Bell, of the UK vaccine task force.
• There will be no gun salutes to mark the Queen's 94th birthday on 21 April, no Trooping the Colour in june
• 10,606 ventilators in the NHS - 190 of those from new UK suppliers 
• New research has started at Nijmegen Radboud University.

USA
700.282 positives, 36.822 deraths
There are planned protests across the US as people call for the end of lockdown measures in several states.