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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been hospitalised after showing persistent Coronavirus symptoms for the past ten days. Downing Street has said the move is a precautionary step. The rift between Saudi Arabia and Russia widens, delaying make-or-break talks on an oil output deal, with both sides blaming each other. President Trump has upped the ante on oil prices, threatening tariffs on crude imports in an attempt to safeguard U.S. producers from the sell-off. However, U.S. futures and Asian shares seem to shrug off the tension amid signs the pandemic is slowing. Virus cases in Italy, France and Spain decline but EU leaders call for a new marshall plan to mitigate the fallout from the Covid-19 outbreak. NBC News hears exclusively from Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on his country’s struggle against the disease.