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Thanks for joining our live page today. We're wrapping up our rolling coverage until tomorrow, but in you can still get updates throughout the BBC News website.

Before we go, here's a recap of some of the day's top stories.

• Nearly six million people have tested positive for coronavirus worldwide, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The global death toll has also risen to over 358,000
• America continues to be the worst-hit country in the world, reporting over 100,000 deaths as a result of the virus
• Official figures show the US economy shrank 5% in the first three months of this year - the largest drop since the global economic crisis of 2008
• A "track and trace" system has been launched today in England and Scotland. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has also laid out plans to relax some restrictions from next week. From 1 June in England, up to six people can meet outside - but those from different households must stay 2m apart
• France has also unveiled steps to ease its lockdown, with bars and restaurants set to re-open nationally
• Meanwhile in Saudi Arabia, the government has begun partially rolling back restrictions. A round-the-clock curfew has been relaxed except in the holy city of Mecca, which has the highest number of infections
• South Korean health officials say they'll consider tougher social-distancing measures if the current uptick continues. There have been 79 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, the highest daily rate of new infections in nearly two months
• Around 400 people have escaped from a coronavirus quarantine centre in Malawi after complaining about poor conditions, according to local media
• The UN has warned that global tourism may fall by 70% this year, this biggest slump since the 1950s

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Sarah Rainsford
BBC Moscow Correspondent

Moscow’s health department has doubled the official count of Covid-19 deaths in April to over 1500.

It says this new tally comes after post mortem examinations confirmed coronavirus in dozens of cases where a Covid test had initially been negative, and in hundreds of cases where an autopsy determined that the virus was a significant factor in causing death, even when a patient had other illnesses.

This new methodology is being recommended to Russia’s regions and is likely to mean the death tally increases across the country, although Moscow was the epicentre of the epidemic for many weeks.

A few weeks ago, when reporters here suggested the official numbers were too low after seeing excess mortality figures, they were accused of fake news and distortion.

Moscow’s health department is stressing that even the new count puts the Covid-19 mortality rate for the city under 3% - suggesting that’s well below comparable cities. But it also concedes that the figures for May will be higher.

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has revealed how his son violated a government dusk-to-dawn curfew order issued to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

He said one of his two sons, whom he did not identify, recently went out to party at night in the coastal city of Mombasa - an epicentre of infections in the country.

Social gatherings are prohibited in the East African country.

The government has also restricted movement in and out of the capital, Nairobi, and three other coastal counties, including Mombasa, where the first family and the president's mother are currently living.

Kenyatta said he gave his son a dressing down for risking the life of his grandmother Ngina Kenyatta.

"You've had your fun and enjoyed yourself, but now you've come back and you're with your grandmother, your grandmother is 80 plus," the president said.

"If something happens to your grandmother as a result of what you have done - how will you live with yourself?"

In an interview, the president said no-one was immune to coronavirus containment measures, although he has been criticised for not taking his son to a quarantine centre like other Kenyans who violate the curfew.

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Italy's Serie A will return on 20 June, the country's sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora has confirmed.

Serie A was suspended on 9 March, with Juventus leading the table by a point with 12 rounds of matches remaining.

Players returned to individual training earlier this month before group sessions restarted this week.

On 20 May the Italian football federation (FIGC) set a 20 August deadline for finishing the 2019-20 season.

Read more here.

Martin Scorsese has spoken about how "anxiety" set in during lockdown, after an initial "relief" that his heavy 2020 workload had been temporarily lifted.

The director has shot a new home-made short film about his experiences of isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic.

It premiered on Thursday's edition of Lockdown Culture on BBC Two.

Scorsese, who was nominated for an Oscar for The Irishman earlier this year, said he "didn't realise that the lockdown was going to be so intense".

Read more here.

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that he will sign an executive order to allow private store owners to refuse service to customers not wearing a mask.

The move marks a significant ramping up of anti-virus measures in the state, which continues to report the highest number of cases and deaths in America. Until now, masks have only been legally required in situations where people cannot maintain a six-foot (1.8 metre) distance from each other.

He announced the move at a press conference today, where he was joined by comedian Chris Rock and actress Rosie Perez. Mr Cuomo joked that he had brought the pair as "reinforcements" because he wasn't "cool enough" to make people heed his advice over masks and coronavirus testing.

“The numbers in our community are staggering," said Ms Perez, in a message partially delivered in Spanish. "This is not a joke, this is not a hoax. This is real.”

Chris Rock added that, based on what he'd observed in New York City, “the kids really aren’t wearing the masks.

“I’m just hoping to help. I have complete trust in the governor. We’re soldiers for New York," said Mr Rock.

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Governor Greg Abbott has announced that, from Friday, sports fans will be able to attend outdoor professional sports events in most Texas counties.

In a proclamation, Abbott said that venues would have to be capped to 25% capacity, and received approval from the Texas Department of State Health Services.

But fans will still be banned from attending indoor sporting events, and the rules do not address college and high school sports.

It comes as Texas - America's second-most populous state - rolls out a series of measures to reopen its economy. More than 59,000 confirmed cases have been reported there, making it one of the worst-affected states in the country.

Martin Patience
Middle East correspondent

For the past two months, Khaldoon Rifaa has not been able to work as a driver because of Lebanon's lockdown.

He is now back on the road, operating a minivan along the coastal motorway from his home city of Tripoli to the capital, Beirut.

But standing on the street, he is struggling to find any paying customers to fill up his vehicle.

"Before my life was good," says the father-of-five. "I'd work and I could feed my children."

"But now, there's no work - there's nothing. I don't even have the money to buy washing powder."

Like many others in Lebanon, he has suddenly been plunged into poverty in a country that has hit breaking point.

Some are warning that the scale of the catastrophe may be more devastating than the 15-year civil war, external, which raged from 1975 to 1990.

Even before coronavirus hit, Lebanon was experiencing the worst economic crisis in the country's history, which triggered large anti-government protests late last year.

Read more here.

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A lawyer for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) has admitted in court that the agency is not testing prisoners for Covid-19 before transferring them to other jails unless they are showing symptoms of the illness.

"If the individual is actively ill, if the individual has tested positive or showing symptoms, they are not cleared for travel and they will not be transferred until those issues are resolved,” said assistant US Attorney Dexter Lee in a video court hearing, the Miami Herald reported, external.

"The problem is that there are individuals who are asymptomatic and they may be positive for coronavirus,” he added.

The ongoing case is over a Florida judge's order that Ice reduce its local prison population to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Immigration advocates argue that Ice found a "loophole" by transferring them to jails in other states.

Several recent outbreaks at Ice detention centres have been traced to recent transfers, according to US media.

According to their website, Ice currently has 25,911 migrant detainees. The website adds that around half of the 2,620 inmates who have been tested were found to be positive.

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As coronavirus deaths reach a grim milestone in the world's largest economy, here are some of the biggest developments from today:

• The US continues to be one of the worst-hit countries in the world, reporting more than 100,000 virus-related deaths and 1.7 million confirmed cases, according to Johns Hopkins University
• Official figures show the US economy shrank 5% in the first three months of this year - the largest drop since the global economic crisis of 2008
• Meanwhile 2.1 million more Americans have filed for unemployment over the last week. Since mid-March, more than 40 million have lost their jobs - that's about a quarter of the US workforce

• The House of Representatives has passed a bill designed to give small-business owners more flexibility over how they spend money from a government aid programme. It was voted through almost unanimously, and will now pass onto the Senate for approval

Watch as, perhaps for the last time, people pay tribute to the bravery of NHS staff, care home workers and other key workers with applause.

Earlier today, we brought you updates from Downing Street's latest coronavirus briefing.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid out details of a plan to begin an easing of lockdown restrictions in England from next week.

We've made a chart detailing what the government is proposing over the next few weeks.

Mr Johnson said that, despite the slight relaxation of rules on meeting people outside, those in England deemed most vulnerable to Covid-19 should continue to shield themselves for now.

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People all over the country are stepping out into their gardens, onto their balconies or just leaning out of a window to applaud NHS workers, care home staff and other key workers for their efforts during the pandemic.

It may be the last time the nation takes part in the weekly ritual after founder Annemarie Plas said the 10th week of clapping would be a good time for it to end.

As it approaches 20:00 BST, people in the United Kingdom prepare to Clap for Carers, as has happened every Thursday during the lockdown.

The campaign originally began as a one-off to support NHS staff on 26 March - three days after the UK went into lockdown.

However, after proving very popular, it was expanded to cover all key workers and has continued at the same time every Thursday.

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At a White House briefing on Thursday, spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany defended states' decisions to reopen, saying "everything does not depend on a vaccine".

"There's therapeutics," she added.

She also defended President Donald Trump's tweet commemorating the 100,000 US death toll, which went out the day after the number was passed, and said she had not discussed with Trump the idea of making a vaccine mandatory once it becomes available.

McEnany said flags being lowered to half-mast on federal buildings during the previous Memorial Day weekend was an acknowledgment of the growing death toll.

She also slammed the perceived liberal bias of US tech companies, after Twitter issued a fact-check label on two of Trump's tweets.

She specifically accused Google of allowing China "to spread misinformation about the coronavirus". Trump is expected to sign an executive order targeting tech companies later today.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson intervened during Thursday's daily coronvirus briefing to prevent advisers Prof Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance answering questions about his aide, Dominic Cummings.

Mr Johnson said he wanted to "protect them" from "an unnecessary attempt to ask a political question".

After several reporters had asked similar questions, both men said they had no wish to get involved in politics.

Philippa Roxby
Health reporter, BBC News

About 7% of people in England have previously been infected with coronavirus, antibody tests on a random sample of households suggest.

The new data was released by the Office for National Statistics study , externaland is based on blood samples taken from 885 people from private households after 26 April.

The study estimates that about one in 15 people in England have had the virus.

These tests detect antibodies which form in the blood when the body fights infections such as Covid-19.

The same survey also found that an estimated 133,000 people are currently infected with the virus - 0.24% of the population.

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About 7% have had coronavirus, says ONS survey