At least 20 people have been arrested in south India for violently preventing the burial of a prominent doctor who died with Covid-19.

Dr Simon Hercules' friends and family were attacked by a mob with sticks and rods when they took his body to a burial ground in Chennai on Sunday night.

Resident nearby were worried that burying bodies of patients who died with coronavirus would help spread the disease, police said.

One of his friends had to quietly bury him in the early hours of Monday without any family members present.

"He was not shown even basic humanity. Even his wife and son couldn't be there to say goodbye," Dr Pradeep told the News Minute website.

Read the full story here.

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Hundreds of people gathered across the US on Sunday to protest against lockdown restrictions across the country.

But as protesters drove through the western city of Denver, two healthcare workers briefly staged their own counter-demonstrations.

Images of the exchange were captured by freelance photographer Alyson McClaran and have been widely shared on social media since.

"I wanted to document history," she told told BuzzFeed News.

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For those of you just joining us, here is some of the latest news in the UK:

• NHS managers have warned that the supply of face masks to frontline staff could be put at risk if the UK government advises the public to wear them
• Dentists in England are facing "critical shortages" in personal protective equipment, forcing patients with urgent problems to treat themselves, says the British Dental Association (BDA)
• War veteran, captain Tom Moore, 99, who raised over £27m for the NHS, has been sent more than 25,000 birthday cards
• Some UK airports are "at risk" of closure because of the loss of business during the coronavirus pandemic
• The House of Commons has introduced a raft of changes to its working arrangements in preparation for MPs' return later
• Eligible farmers in Northern Ireland can apply for support under a government scheme to help the self employed cope with the fallout from coronavirus.

As many countries seek an end, or partial end to their lockdowns, the World Health Organization has once again given a warning that this should be a gradual process.

Premature relaxations may lead to a surge of new Covid-19 infections, the organisation said on Tuesday.

"At least until a vaccine, or a very effective treatment, is found, this process will need to become our new normal," Takeshi Kasai, Regional Director for the Western Pacific said, adding that lockdown measures have proved effective.

Any governments that are thinking of easing measures should plan to do it in stages while continuously monitoring the situation, he added.

"Individuals and society need to be ready for a new way ofliving," he said.

Countries like Japan and Singapore have seen recent surges in new infections, prompting concerns over a second wave of Covid-19 cases.

If you're in self isolation or avoiding gyms, you may be wondering how you can continue to stay active. We got a fitness trainer (who’s also a farmer) to show us some simple exercises to do while cooped up at home.

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Earlier, Australian PM Scott Morrison spoke out about the spate of attacks in recent weeks on Asian people in Australia, telling people to "stop it".

Videos and posts shared on social media have shown street attacks on Asian people, and racist graffiti in Chinese communities. Many appear to blame Chinese people for the spread of the virus in Australia.

However very few of Australia's infections have come from China. Instead the majority have come from travellers from North America, Europe or via cruise ships., external

Mr Morrison said he wanted to "remind" the public that the Chinese-Australian community had effectively self-isolated during the first weeks of the virus' presence in Australia.

"They were the ones who first went into self-isolation, they were the ones who were returning from family visits up into China ... It was through their care, their patience that actually Australia was protected in their first wave."

Peter Bowes
North America correspondent

President Trump’s tweet announcing his intention to sign an executive order temporarily suspending immigration to the United States came as a surprise.

In the absence of any further explanation or elaboration from the White House, there are many questions about the practicality and legality of such a move.

It is not clear whether an executive order has been drafted and if so, when the president intends to act.

It seems certain that there will be an immediate legal challenge and political furore. Mr Trump's critics are saying it is an attempt to detract from the failings of his administration’s response to Covid-19, while his supporters are welcoming the move as necessary to protect Americans.

For those of you joining us in the UK and wondering what you've missed, here are some of the latest overnight developments:

• US President Donald Trump has announced he will temporarily suspend immigration into the US in the fight against the virus and to protect jobs. He gave no details.
• The US death toll has risen by 1,433 taking the total above 42,000.
• Facebook say they will stop people listing events that violate local social distancing policies in the US after protests calling for stay-at-home orders to be lifted.
• Hong Kong has announced an extension to social distancing measures until 7 May. There have been 1,025 positive tests and four deaths in the territory.
• China reported 11 new cases on Monday, of which four were imported. Of those, six were from the province of Heilongjiang, which is on the border with Russia.
• Virgin Australia, which Sir Richard Branson's group part-owns, has gone into administration.

• The price of US oil continues to slump - turning negative for the first time in history and meaning producers are now paying buyers to take their oil.
• Chinese billionaire and Alibaba founder Jack Ma says he will donate 100 million masks, one million N95 masks and one million test kits to the World Health Organization.

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Germany reports 1,785 people tested positive over the past day, taking the overall official number to more than 143,000 cases, according to the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases.

The deaths of 194 people have so far been linked to Covid-19 and the overall death toll stands at 4,598.

The new numbers are a slight increase in new infections after two days of declines.

The government has said the virus is tentatively under control and is allowing some smaller shops to reopen and some school years to resume classes this week.

Lockdowns in several countries caused by the coronavirus pandemic seems to be having an effect on some people's dreams.

A large number of social media users are talking about having unusually vivid ones. But why is this happening and what can you do to make your sleep more peaceful? We asked an expert:

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While it's still unclear if and when Trump's claim of a ban on immigration will transpire, let's look at the statistics available on who and how many would usually come to US, external.

In 2019, just over one million people got lawful permanent resident status in the US. The top countries of origin were Mexico, China, India, the Dominican Republic, the Philippines and Cuba.

More than half of those, though, were cases of "adjusted status from within the US" - meaning they were already there - and only 459,000 arrived from abroad. The latter group would be the ones presumably affected by an immigration ban.

When it comes to refugees, there were 30,000 people admitted into the US in 2019, most of them from Congo, Myanmar, Ukraine, Eritrea, Afghanistan and Syria.

Resty Woro Yuniar
BBC News, Jakarta

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Indonesia's president has banned the mass exodus of Muslims at the end of the Islamic fasting month Ramadan, to try and curb the spread of coronavirus.

But it's a move that experts say comes too late.

Nearly one million people in the country are thought to have left Jakarta and returned to their hometowns and villages. And many of them have done so weeks before Ramadan begins later this week.

For many in the world’s most-populous Muslim-majority nation, it is unthinkable not to return to their families back home, Indonesians have a unique ceremony during Eid called halal-bi-halal, a social gathering where people ask for mutual forgiveness from each other.

On Eid, which falls at the end of May this year, football fields, parking lots, and neighborhood alleys would usually be transformed into outdoor mosques to host mass Eid prayers, where many would flaunt their new clothes and prayer dresses.

However, health experts are warning it could be a disaster given the lack of testing and proper healthcare facilities in remote areas.

"During Ramadan we are supposed to be joyful, but some of us will end up in hospital, and some of us will die, because of circumstances that we can actually prevent," says epidemologist Pandu Riono of the University of Indonesia.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed 517,000 Australians have applied for unemployment welfare in the past month.

He's previously described the economic impact of the pandemic as immense. The government has predicted around 10% of the workforce, or 1.4 million people, will be jobless by mid-year.

However, speaking in Canberra, the PM and medical authorities reiterated that Australia "had a sustained and consolidated flattening of the curve".

"We have to stick to our plan. Our plan is working," Mr Morrison said.

Most of the current lockdown measures will remain for another few weeks, but he announced some re-opening of non-emergency medical services, with elective surgery and IVF among those able to resume in a week.

Alibaba founder Jack Ma says he will be donating 100 million masks, one million N95 masks and one million test kits to the World Health Organization.

The Chinese billionaire had previously donated test kits and personal protective equipment to 54 countries in Africa.

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We're seeing a lot of charts these days, bullet points listing countries by number of deaths or new infections. But how valid are such comparisons?

The US, for example, has far more Covid-19 deaths than any other country. But it also has a population of 330 million people.

The five largest countries in Western Europe - the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain - have a combined population of roughly 320 million.

And the total number of official coronavirus deaths from those countries is actually more than twice that of the US.

Click here to read more about why international comparisons are so difficult.

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Remember the Ruby Princess cruise ship - the virus-hit vessel which docked in Sydney last month and let off 2,700 passengers without tests?

Well now at least 21 deaths have been linked to the ship, and there are multiple criminal and government investigations. In addition, more than 200 of the 1,000 crew on board the vessel have now caught the virus.

They've been stuck on board the ship for the past four weeks - with many progressively getting sicker. But 49 crew members - from the US, UK, Ireland, Canada and New Zealand - will be taken off the ship today and flown to their home countries on Wednesday.

However repatriation still hasn't been organised yet for the hundreds of other crew stuck on board. The ship is due to leave Australian waters on Thursday and head to the Philippines.

There's been a lot of debate on whether healthy people should wear masks, and many places around the world have now either made it compulsory or issued advisories. Germany for instance has become the latest country to urge its people to wear masks in public. But what is the official advice from the World Health Organization? After a recent meeting to discuss the issue, it still maintains that medical masks should be reserved only for healthcare workers and not for the general public.

The BBC's health correspondent Laura Foster explains the WHO's position and the scientific argument behind it.

President Trump announced that he would use an "executive order" to suspend immigration. What does that mean?

• An executive order is a written order issued by the president to the federal government, which does not require congressional approval
• Authority for issuing the orders is rooted in Article II of the US constitution, external

• If an order is deemed to be unacceptable, it can be subject to a legal review
• Congress can also pass a law to override the executive order, but a president still has a veto over that law
• Mr Trump has issued 14 in 2020 alone, according to the Federal Register, external

Read more on executive orders here.

As India's day gets under way, here's a quick breakdown of its latest news:

• One person inside the Rashtrapati Bhavan (Presidential Palace) has tested positive, local media reports say. More than 100 people have reportedly been asked to self-isolate.
• Officials say that India's doubling time is increasing, meaning the spread is slowing down - it's taking an average of 7.5 days for cases to double now in comparison to 3.4 days a few weeks ago.
• More than 1,000 Kashmiris who were stranded in Punjab state for 20 days were sent home after they were initially denied entry because of the lockdown.
• Meanwhile, Punjab state will set up special quarantine centres for police, who have been on the frontline across India to enforce the lockdown.
• India has confirmed just over 18,000 cases and nearly 600 deaths so far, according to data from the health ministry.

A picture of swans coming back to rivers. A boy rugby tackling the virus. And a machine that can create medicine to cure the world.

These are just some of the drawings kids from around the world have made for us during a period of lockdown.

Take a look at some of their hopes, dreams and thoughts during this time.