BECAUSE THE CHINESE HAVE ALWAYS LIED ABOUT THE WUHAN VIRUS: Boris Johnson's government is furious with China and believes it could have 40 times the number of coronavirus cases it says

• UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government is said to be furious with China, accusing it of spreading disinformation and lying about the number of coronavirus cases it has.

• "Some of the reporting from China was not clear about the scale, the nature, the infectiousness of this," Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove told the BBC.

• Scientists have reportedly told Johnson that China could have up to 40 times the number of cases it says.

• Estimates from Radio Free Asia show that up to 42,000 bodies have been cremated in Wuhan since the crisis.