Orla Guerin
BBC News, Cairo

Turkish sources have told the BBC that the delayed shipment of personal protective equipment destined for the UK has been cleared for export by Turkey’s Health Ministry.

“Turkey is very keen to get this shipment on its way and is trying hard to send it today or tomorrow,” a source told us.

The company involved in the shipment to Britain only finalised its application for permission to export this morning, according to the source.

Since the virus outbreak, medical goods being exported from Turkey require this permission.

It’s still unclear when the shipment will actually leave, and whether any additional paperwork is outstanding.

A spokeswoman for the FCO in Turkey could not confirm if any progress had been made. She told the BBC the situation remains that they are “continuing to work to get this equipment delivered”.

A further 449 coronavirus related deaths were recorded in UK hospitals over a 24 hour period, according to government figures published on Monday.

That takes the total number of recorded hospital deaths to 16,509 as of 17:00 BST on Sunday.

The UK's daily figures do not include deaths in the community, in places like care homes.

We will be hearing from the UK government in its daily briefing in about 30 minutes. First, here's a look at recent developments:

• The UK is planning to use the blood of coronavirus survivors to treat hospital patients who have the disease
• Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told colleagues he is concerned that relaxing lockdown measures too soon could lead to a second outbreak

• There is "relatively low confidence" a delayed delivery of 400,000 protective gowns will arrive on Monday, a senior NHS figure said
• The government scheme for workers who have been furloughed - given a temporary leave of absence - has opened for applications.

The UK government's pay scheme to help protect jobs during the crisis opened on Monday. It will pay 80% of workers' wages (up to £2,500 a month) if they are put on leave.

The Office for Budget Responsibility had estimated the cost at about £42bn, but after the scheme was expanded estimates rose to about £50bn.

HMRC chief executive Jim Harra told the BBC that employers had made 67,000 claims for workers in the first 30 minutesof the scheme being open.

BBC business editor Simon Jack has been talking to people about their experiences of applying for the scheme, and he said the scheme "seems to be holding up pretty well".

HMRC has said it can handle as many as 450,000 applications per hour.

The UK government will give its daily briefing at 17:00 BST (16:00 GMT).

The briefing will be led by Chancellor Rishi Sunak.

He will be joined by the deputy chief scientific officer Angela McLean and Public Health England’s medical director Yvonne Doyle.

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More than 130 asylum seekers in Lisbon, Portugal, have contracted the coronavirus after an outbreak at their hostel.

Of about 180 residents, 138 tested positive for the virus, the mayor's office said.

The hostel was evacuated and disinfected on Sunday after one resident was taken to hospital, and everyone who had tested positive was relocated and placed in quarantine.

In Portugal, 735 people have died with the virus, according to official figures, and there have been 20,863 confirmed cases.

The borders between the US, Canada and Mexico will stay closed for another 30 days to all but essential travellers, Acting US Secretary of State Chad Wolf has said.

The borders first closed on 21 March.

The US has expelled at least 6,300 undocumented migrants on its Mexico border, using emergency powers designed to curb the spread of coronavirus. Critics say the powers are being used to control immigration rather than just as a public health measure.

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As things stand, there are no drugs that can kill the coronavirus or vaccines that protect against it.

But dozens of groups around the world, including major pharmaceutical companies, are trying to develop a vaccine, and some have already begun human trials.

This research is taking place at unprecedented speed, with years of work being condensed into months.

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The UK government is advising people to stay home and only go out if they need to fetch food or medicine, to go to work if it's essential or to exercise.

Even when you leave your home, you need to practise social distancing and keep at least two metres away from other people to protect yourself from catching coronavirus. But what does it actually look like? The BBC's Laura Foster demonstrates.

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US burger company Shake Shack says it is returning a $10m (£8m) loan it received from the US government to help pay wages and bills during the pandemic.

Large, wealthy companies have faced criticism for accepting government loans when they have large amounts of money in the bank or other ways to raise cash, such as selling shares.

A $349 billion stimulus package was passed to help US companies weather the financial storm caused by the lockdown, but the money, described as being for small businesses, ran out after two weeks.

On Monday Shake Shack said it was "fortunate to now have access to capital that others do not".

Some other large companies, including Amazon and Disney, have laid off staff, encouraging them to apply for government paycheck assistance.

Gavin Lee
BBC Europe reporter

The Czech Republic made its first move to lift restrictions two weeks ago, allowing citizens to cycle, jog and hike in the countryside without face masks.

They’ll discuss travel today, with President Milos Zeman suggesting he wants the borders to remain closed for a year, and urging people to “savour the beauty of the Czech countryside” instead.

In Norway this morning children returned to pre-school, under three conditions: they must take packed-lunches, no toys can be brought in from home, and there must be hand-washing facilities outside.

Books, bikes and cars are being sold again today in Germany, with face masks recommended in public places, and mandatory in some states.

But for others, confinement endures.

In Spain, some construction work has restarted but general lockdown measures remain tight. A ban on children leaving their homes has been lifted, so they can now get fresh air.

Belgium and France will stay under lockdown until early May, with care home deaths still a huge concern in both countries.

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Andrew Walker
World Service economics correspondent

The oil market has come under intense pressure during the coronavirus pandemic with a huge slump in demand.

The leading exporters - Opec and allies such as Russia - have already agreed to cut production by a record amount.

In the US and elsewhere, oil-producing businesses have made commercial decisions to cut output. But still the world has more crude oil than it can use.

And it's not just about whether we can use it. It's also about whether we can store it until the lockdowns are eased enough to generate some additional demand for oil products.

Capacity is filling fast on land and at sea. As that process continues it's likely to bear down further on prices.

It will take a recovery in demand to really turn the market round, and that will depend on how the health crisis unfolds.

There will be further supply cuts as private sector producers respond to the low prices, but it's hard to see that being on a sufficient scale to have a fundamental impact on the market.

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The Ruby Princess cruise ship remains off the coast of Australia as staff and passengers undergo coronavirus testing.

A criminal investigation has begun into how passengers were allowed to disembark in Sydney last month despite some exhibiting flu-like symptoms.

The ship's piano player, Paul Holmes has been quarantined in his cabin for 32 days. He explained to the BBC how he'd been coping.

Israel has lifted special restrictions on predominantly ultra-Orthodox Jewish areas in Jerusalem and next to Tel Aviv, where coronavirus rates were among the highest in the country.

Bnei Brak and several Jerusalem districts were effectively sealed off earlier this month - a move that prompted outrage among the communities and clashes with riot police. The spread of the virus in these places has since declined.

The slow pace at which some ultra-Orthodox areas adopted official measures to reduce the spread of Covid-19 has been heavily criticised by other sections of society.

Restrictions are still in place across Israel, where 172 people have died with coronavirus, and more than 13,500 others have been infected.

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The US is the currently the nation worst affected by the coronavirus outbreak.

You can see in this BBC map where the virus is hitting the country.

Cases are most concentrated on the east coast, with nearly 250,000 in the state of New York alone.

The reported death toll in the US far exceeds anywhere else - more than 41,000 people there have died.

See more visualistions here of how the pandemic has grown.

Compared to Asia, Europe and North America, the coronavirus pandemic came late to Latin America.

But now the region is feeling the full effect on its already stretched healthcare systems and economy.

Our reporters from Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia and Nicaragua tell you how it's been like across the region.

A further 429 people have died with coronavirus in hospitals in England, latest figures show.

NHS England said that 348 of these deaths were reported over the weekend, while the others took place at earlier dates.

The new figures take the total number of confirmed deaths in hospitals in England to 14,829.

In Wales, a further nine deaths have been announced, taking the total number of hospital deaths reported by Public Health Wales to 584.

Daily figures released by the UK - and the nations within it - do not include deaths in the community, including care homes.

Gavin Lee
BBC Europe reporter

In early March, a volleyball team from Milan travelled to the Estonian island of Saaremaa to play a couple of matches with a local side.

Within two weeks, Saaremaa was the centre of Estonia's virus outbreak. Locals dubbed it "corona island".

Now, Mayor Madis Kallas has resigned, taking responsibility for the spread of the illness. He said allowing the volleyball games to go ahead was "the wrong decision".

His resignation comes just days after a BBC report examining why Saaremaa had become a virus hotspot.

Nobody can travel to or from the island, and hospital staff told the BBC half the population was thought to be infected.

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The men's world number one tennis player, Novak Djokovic has said he is opposed to vaccination for Covid-19. Djokovic said he would have a "decision" to make if there's a push for players to be vaccinated when tennis starts again.

Speaking to fellow Serbian athletes on Sunday, the 17-time Grand Slam champion said: "I wouldn’t want to be forced by someone to take a vaccine in order to be able to travel.

"If it becomes compulsory, what will happen? I will have to make a decision. I have my own thoughts about the matter and whether those will change at some point, I don’t know.

"If the season was to resume in July, August or September, though unlikely, I understand that a vaccine will become a requirement straight after we are out of strict quarantine.”

All tennis tournaments are currently suspended until 13 July. Wimbledon has been cancelled for the first time since World War Two, and the French Open has been put back four months until late September.

Government insiders have told our political editor that avoiding a second deadly spike in coronavirus cases is "top of the list" of priorities for the UK.

Laura Kuenssberg said ministers also have "very deep" concerns for the country's economy and will face a "very difficult balance" between the two.

But she said: "We know right now, from people I've been speaking to at the top of government and from the prime minister's own view, that avoiding a second deadly spike is at the top of the list for the government."