WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - US President Donald Trump will hold a video teleconference with G-7 leaders on Thursday (April 16) to coordinate national responses to the coronavirus outbreak, the White House said on Tuesday.

Mr Trump, who is head of the G-7 this year, had planned to hold this year's summit at the presidential retreat of Camp David, Maryland, in June, but moved it to a virtual setting due to the virus.

The Group of Seven nations consists of the United States, France, Britain, Italy, Canada, Japan and Germany, and all seven of them have been hit hard by the virus.

Mr Trump spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday about the G-7 teleconference and "efforts to defeat the coronavirus pandemic and reopen world economies," White House spokesman Judd Deere said.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was released from a London hospital this week after treatment for the virus, which left him in the intensive care unit for several days.

"Working together, the G-7 is taking a whole-of-society approach to tackle the crisis across multiple areas, including health, finance, humanitarian assistance, and science and technology," Mr Deere said.

The Thursday session is a follow-up to a March 16 video conference, the first time G-7 leaders had met in that format, to go over efforts to defeat the coronavirus.

In addition to the meeting this week, another session is expected in May to lay the groundwork for the June video conference.