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Coronavirus live news: England tightens restrictions, WHO says 'young people' behind some spikes

New measures around Manchester introduced with ‘heavy heart’; Spain records highest Covid-19 cases since lockdown lifted; US GDP contracts 32.9%. Follow latest updates Lockdown tightened in parts of northern England US economy suffers worst quarter since the second world war French and Spanish cases at highest level in weeks Australia – live updates See all our coronavirus coverage 1.15am BST Spain’s health ministry’s emergencies coordinator, Fernando Simon, says the country is not experiencing a second wave of the virus, despite a fresh surge in infections in the country. “I don’t know if there will be second waves in the future. This does not look to me to be it. If it was, we would be in a very different situation that we are now,” he told a news conference. 12.59am BST The World Health Organization has warned that spikes in coronavirus transmission in a number of countries were being driven by young people “letting down their guard”. “Young people are not invincible,”