At a White House briefing, the president denied he might seek to change the date of November's election
Global virus cases pass 3 million, with more than 200,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said bereaved families of NHS staff will get compensation
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK is at point of "maximum risk" and he won't ease restrictions too quickly
Italy outlined plans to ease restrictions from 4 May as it records its lowest daily death toll since mid-March
Germany made it mandatory to wear masks on public transport
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The World Health Organization says medical masks should be for heath workers, not for the general public.
But some countries don't agree, with several governments telling people they need to wear masks whenever they go out.
Some are even advising people to make their own.
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Image source, AFPMuslims have been urged to pray at home during Ramadan
South Africa's police force has apologised for remarks made by an officer during the arrest of Muslims who had congregated in a mosque against orders banning gatherings.
The incident, on Saturday in the Mpumalanga province, led to the arrests of 24 people, the AFP news agency reports.
Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said in a statement that the comments made by the officer about Prophet Muhammad were "rather unfortunate".
He said it was "unacceptable that someone could make such an utterance".
Image source, Getty ImagesJapan's central bank has expanded its monetary stimulus and pledged to buy an unlimited amount of bonds to keep the cost of borrowing down.
"Japan's economy is likely to remain in a severe situation for the time being due to the impact from the spread of Covid-19 at home and abroad," the Bank of Japan said in a statement.
The move puts it in line with other major central banks around the world that have unleashed unprecedented amounts of support as the crisis raises fears of a deep global recession.
Image source, AFPThe Royal Mint has begun mass producing medical visors to protect NHS staff in England and Wales.
Around 150,000 have already been made by the UK government body, which is commonly known for making coins and investment products. It aims to make two million visors in total.
Engineers developed a prototype in 48 hours, and production has moved to 24 hours a day, seven days a week at the Royal Mint's site in Llantrisant, South Wales.
This is not the first time the Royal Mint has worked with the NHS in combating coronavirus.
Among other steps, it has helped to design and print Covid-19 awareness cards for staff at the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
Some school students in Shanghai and Beijing went back to school on Monday after weeks of lockdown.
In Shanghai, students in the last year of middle and high school returned to school. In Beijing only high-school seniors went back to class to prepare for the notoriously difficult Gaokao exam, which determines which university they'll be able to attend.
Across China, schools that were shut or moved to online-only began gradually reopening in the past month. In Wuhan, the epicentre of China's outbreak, schools are set to start on 6 May.
In one primary school in Hangzhou, pupils were actually wearing "one-metre-hats" to help them stick to social distancing guidelines. Have a look below...
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Captain Tom Moore captured the hearts of the nation when he walked 100 lengths of his garden, to raise money for NHS Charities Together.
Tom's heroic efforts inspired people across the country to make a difference themselves. We spoke to some of those people:
Coronavirus: The people inspired into making a difference
While many places of worship in the US have shut their doors, the so-called "Smallest Church in America" remains open along Georgia's coast.
The tiny chapel - which has no pastor, measures 9 by 18ft (2.7 by 5.4m), and only has 12 seats - is a tourist attraction where passers-by and local residents visit to worship or post written prayers on the chapel's walls - while observing social distancing, of course.
'Smallest Church in America' keeps doors open during coronavirus pandemic
A week after allowing congregational prayers at mosques, Pakistan has warned that the virus has the potential to spread rapidly, external during the holy month of Ramadan.
The warning from the government comes after various doctors urged against relaxations in the lockdown, saying any spike in infections would cripple Pakistan's already fragile healthcare system.
Pakistan has confirmed more than 12,500 cases so far and 269 deaths.
Here's more news from the rest of South Asia:
As we just reported, Singapore is seeing a massive spike in coronavirus infections, mainly among migrant workers from Bangladesh and India.
With thousands of them testing positive, mostly with mild or no symptoms, authorities are scrambling to build quarantine facilities to house them.
Take a look at this timelapse video of a large exhibition centre being converted within days into an isolation facility.
Singapore races to convert exhibition centre into massive quarantine facility
Thomas Naadi
BBC News, Accra
Image source, AFPThe ministry of health has asked all people to wear masks in public spaces
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended the ban on public gathering by two more weeks.
The president last week lifted a three-week lockdown that had been imposed on various parts of the country.
Schools and borders remain closed and the president has urged all Muslims to pray at home during the month of Ramadan.
The country has so far confirmed 1,550 coronavirus cases and 11 deaths. Some 155 patients have recovered from Covid-19.
Germany has recorded an increase of 1,018 new confirmed infections.
While the figure is low compared to last week's daily numbers, there's often a delay of reported cases over the weekends.
Overall, official data shows 155,193 confirmed cases with more than two thirds of those already recovered. The country's death toll has risen by 110, to 5,750.
Germany last week began easing lockdown measures but today made it mandatory to wear masks outside.
Image source, AFPIn Berlin, masks are sold at vending machines
The UK appears to have passed the peak of the virus, weekend figures show.
Both the number of new cases and deaths appear to be decreasing steadily. However, England's deputy chief medical officer, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, last week warned against ending measures too quickly.
"We are not out of danger yet. We must keep pushing on this," he said.
Singapore, an island-nation of five million, now has one of the highest number of virus cases in Asia.
Once seen as a shining example of how to contain the virus, it now has more than 13,000 cases. That's the third highest figure in Asia behind China and India - both of which have populations of over one billion people.
Singapore says it's been testing thousands of people each day , external- mostly migrants - after an outbreak in its migrant worker communities.
People on construction work permits, usually men from South Asian countries, live in tightly-packed dormitories that have made it easy for the virus to spread.
There were 931 new cases reported on Sunday - the majority of which were foreign workers. Citizens and permanent residents made up just 15 of the new cases.
It's worth noting that Singapore may not have the third highest number of cases across Asia - and that high numbers are down to its aggressive testing.
But as it continues testing, it's likely we'll see an ever-growing discrepancy - a rise in the number of migrant infections, and a fall in the rest of the population.
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Howard Johnson
Philippines Correspondent, BBC News
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has made no secret of his fondness for China and its leader Xi Jinping.
“For all of his goodness … [Xi Jinping] is willing to help. All we have to do is to ask,” said Mr Duterte during a recent televised address about tackling Covid-19.
Since being elected in 2016, President Duterte has made five state visits to Beijing, returning to boast of multi-billion-dollar pledges of Chinese loans and grants for the Philippines.
But goodwill between the two countries was tested this weekend after the Chinese embassy in Manila posted a music video on YouTube about the countries’ cooperation during the Covid-19 pandemic entitled: “Iisang Dagat” [One Sea].
Since Friday the video - which features Chinese and Filipino musicians singing lyrics written by the Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines - has received nearly 150,000 dislikes (versus 2,000 likes) and scores of angry comments.
Critics of the video say the title is provocative because of China’s illegal claims to territory in the West Philippine Sea.
One comment, which has more than 1K likes, reads: “The Philippines is for the Filipinos... GET OFF OUR LAND! This nothing but propaganda.”
In 2016 The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague made a ruling in favour of the Philippines, that China had no legal basis to claim rocky outcrops in the Philippines' exclusive economic zone.
The Chinese Embassy in Manila tweeted to say the song is about “friendly neighbours across the sea” working together to overcome Covid-19.
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Image source, Getty ImagesIn Lima, Peru, people are burying their loved ones taken by the coronavirus
Image source, Getty ImagesChina says it has the virus under control - and these students in Shanghai had their classes resume on Monday
Image source, AFPIn Spain, the easing of the lockdown meant that kids were allowed to go out again
Image source, EPADuring Bangladesh's lockdown, migrants and people in need get food handouts - but scrambling for food means social distancing guidelines go out of the window
Image source, Getty ImagesThe chief executive of Airbus has issued a stark assessment of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the plane maker.
In a letter to workers, seen by news outlets, Guillaume Faury is said to have warned the company was "bleeding cash at an unprecedented speed".
Mr Faury also told Airbus' 135,000 staff to brace for potentially deep job cuts and warned that its survival was at stake without immediate action, according to the Reuters news agency.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return to work on Monday, a month after he was diagnosed with the virus.
He spent a week in St Thomas' Hospital in London, including three nights in intensive care, after being admitted on 5 April.
He later said things "could have gone either way" when he was in hospital.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who has been standing in for the PM, said the prime minister was now "raring to go".
Mr Johnson will resume full-time duties - chairing the regular morning cabinet meeting on Covid-19 before holding talks with senior ministers and officials. It is not known whether he will lead Monday's press briefing.
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Image source, JOSH ADDO-CARR/INSTAGRAMOne player posted pictures of the trip to his Instagram
Three Australian rugby league players are in hot water after they shared pictures online of a group camping trip, where they rode dirt bikes, practised shooting and hung around a campfire.
Under social-distancing rules in New South Wales, you can't leave your house for non-essential reasons and can only mix with your own household or one other friend.
Police are now investigating players Josh Addo-Carr, Latrell Mitchell and Tyronne Roberts-Davis. The players have apologised, and said they were with family members for a cultural gathering in the bush. But the National Rugby League called their actions "disappointing" and "unacceptable".
The league has been lobbying - against official health advice - for its competition to resume next month. If it does it will be one of the few sports leagues around the world to resume play.
Image source, Getty ImagesNew Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there are no undetected transmissions anymore and that the country has "won that battle".
At midnight, New Zealand will lift some of its nationwide lockdown measures, moving down one level on its alert scale.
Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said the country had achieved its "goal of elimination".
He explained that this didn't mean zero cases "but it does mean we know where our cases are coming from".
There was one new confirmed case reported on Monday and one further death.
Overall, there have been fewer than 1,500 cases in New Zealand and around 80% of those have already recovered. The deaths of 19 people have been linked to the virus.
Soutik Biswas
India Correspondent
India is among the largest manufacturer of generic drugs and vaccines in the world.
Now half a dozen Indian firms are developing vaccines against the virus that causes Covid-19.
One of them is Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine maker by number of doses produced and sold globally.
The firm has partnered to mass produce a vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford and backed by the UK government.
Human clinical trials began in Oxford on Thursday. If all goes well, scientists hope to make at least a million doses by September.
It's clear that the world will need hundreds of millions of doses - and this is where Indian vaccine makers have a head start over others.
Serum Institute of India alone has an extra capacity of 400 to 500 million doses.
You can read the full story here.
Image source, Serum Institute of IndiaHalf a dozen Indian companies are developing vaccines for coronavirus