Coronavirus live news: global cases near 16m; Covid-19 ad blitz in Victoria, Australia

Florida’s infections overtake New York’s; North Korea holds emergency meeting after suspected Covid-19 case reported; WHO says 1m cases reported per week for last five weeks. Follow the latest updates

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened an emergency politburo meeting after a person suspected of having Covid-19 returned from South Korea after illegally crossing the border this month, state media said on Sunday.

Kim declared a state of emergency and imposed a lockdown on the border city of Kaesong, calling it a “critical situation in which the vicious virus could be said to have entered the country,” state news agency KCNA reported.If confirmed, it would be the first case officially acknowledged by North Korean authorities, who have so far said the country has no confirmed cases of the new coronavirus.

Here is one of the coronavirus ads launched in the Australian state of Victoria:

"It was like drowning" – one of Victoria's new coronavirus ads: pic.twitter.com/R1zmOYWA2r

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