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Pupils across the UK have been homeschooling for months, but the government plans to reopen some primary school classes next week.

It hopes to reopen Nurseries, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 to go back first in England, but acknowledges that not every school will be opening.

How will school life change?

Well, we can get some insight from the government's guidance for schools, and by looking at what other European countries have done.

Here are 10 things that could look different.

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We should be hearing from the prime minister in the next few minutes.

That gives you time to read our explainer about how coronavirus testing works in the UK.

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken to the leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland ahead of his announcement on the next steps for the lockdown in England.

Mr Johnson made clear that "he remains determined to work closely with the devolved administrations", a Downing Street spokesman said.

"This continues to be a UK-wide approach, even though we may travel at slightly different speeds based on the scientific evidence."

The PM also stressed importance of "particularly close engagement on programmes that must be UK-wide to be most effective", including contact tracing, and the leaders agreed "continued engagement [was] vital", the spokesman added.

A further 377 people have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of deaths to 37,837, according to figures from the Department of Health and Social Care.

The figures include deaths in all settings, not just in hospitals.

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We will be hearing from the UK government shortly with its daily briefing on coronavirus.

The news conference comes ahead of the 10th "Clap for Carers" event, which will take place at 20:00 BST (19:00 GMT).

It could be the last time people take to their doorsteps in the UK to applaud frontline staff after calls from its organiser to bring it to an end.

We have more about the possible conclusion to the weekly event.

The US has reported its biggest quarterly economic decline in more than a decade.

According to official figures, the country's gross domestic product - the sum of the value of goods and services produced in the economy - fell 5% between January and March this year.

This represents the largest drop since the 8.4% reported in the last three months of 2008, in the midst of the global financial crisis. It also exceeds initial predictions made a month ago.

The Department of Commerce said the figure reflected the fact that some businesses had been slow to restock inventory, and the loss was partially offset by slightly stronger consumer spending.

Many economists expect this downward trend to continue amid sweeping coronavirus-related measures which have shut down swathes of the economy and left millions of people without work.

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France's Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is announcing how the country will relax its lockdown rules from 2 June.

Nearly all mainland regions of France will move into the "green zone", where lockdown measures can be relaxed faster. The exception is Paris, which will move from red to orange on 2 June. This means parks and gardens can finally reopen in the capital, something the mayor has been requesting for weeks.

Cafes and restaurants can now reopen throughout the green zone. Only outside terrace areas can reopen in the orange zone.

Paris is no longer at such a great risk, Philippe said, but authorities would remain "vigilant" there.

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We should be hearing from the UK government in the next 30 minutes, but let’s take a look at the latest from the country first:

• A 'test and trace' programme has launched in England and Scotland to try and stop the spread of the virus
• The row about the PM's chief aide continued after Durham Police said Dominic Cummings 'might have broken lockdown rules'
• EasyJet has said it will cut up to 30% of its workforce - about 4,500 jobs - as it struggles with a collapse in air travel caused by the virus
• A mother has called on Boris Johnson to provide support for those migrants who have been financially hit by coronavirus, but cannot claim benefits

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As we heard earlier, Durham Police have investigated the UK prime minister's top aide over the relocation of his family to Durham during lockdown.

They found that when Dominic Cummings subsequently drove to Barnard Castle to check his eyesight "there might have been a minor breach" of the law.

Cummings has maintained he behaved reasonably and legally throughout the episode.

Our Reality Check team have looked at the key points of contention in Cummings' account of his actions.

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Stormont’s leaders have announced a series of proposed lockdown relaxations in Northern Ireland.

The decisions agreed by the executive on Thursday, which will provisionally start from 8 June, include:

• Small weddings and civil partnership ceremonies permitted outdoors, with no more than 10 people present
• Outdoor sports courts, horse trainers and dog groomers can reopen
• Hotels will be able to take advance bookings, for when they can reopen again
• Large non-food retailers can reopen, including car showrooms, electrical shops and phone shops

The steps will only be introduced if the scientific evidence indicates that the virus continues to be suppressed.

Stormont has sought to co-ordinate with the Republic of Ireland to relax restrictions on common principles, although timings may differ.

Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar has already announced a five-stage road map to reopen the country.

Reality Check

As the NHS launches its Test and Trace scheme to help halt the spread of Covid-19, BBC News answers your questions on how it will work.

"How will we know the difference between a genuine contact tracer and a potential scammer?" asks James Wilson in Nuneaton.

If you are concerned about whether a call, text or email has genuinely come from the NHS Test and Trace service, you can visit its web page, external which lists the official phone number 0300 013 5000 and other contact details.

Genuine contract tracers will never ask you for any financial information such as credit card or bank details.

They will also not ask you to set up a password or Pin over the phone, or to call a premium rate number, such as those starting 09 or 087.

If you don’t want to talk over the phone, you can ask for an email or text inviting you to log into the web-based service, external instead.

Here our Reality Check team answer more of your questions.

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We have just had it confirmed that the UK government will give its daily briefing at 17:00 BST (16:00 GMT).

The briefing will be led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is expected to set out what lockdown restrictions will be eased from 1 June.

He will be joined by the government’s chief medical adviser, Professor Chris Whitty, and its chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance.

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Good afternoon, and thanks for joining our rolling coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, brought to you from our team of reporters around the world.

If you're just joining us, here are some of the biggest stories from the day so far:

• More than 5.7 million cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed worldwide, along with 356,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University
• The US death toll continues to be the highest in the world, recently hitting 100,000. The UK is second with more than 37,000
• A "track and trace" system is being rolled out in England and Scotland from today. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he was confident that the "vast majority of people" would participate in the voluntary scheme. Meanwhile Scotland will begin easing some restrictions from Friday
• A lockdown has also been partially rolled back in Saudi Arabia. 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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An investigation is now under way after a fatal fire at a coronavirus isolation unit in Bangladesh, which killed five patients. There are concerns that adequate safety precautions were not in place at the time.

Reports say the fire broke out at around 22:00 local time (16:00 GMT) on Wednesday at a temporary isolation unit, set up in the grounds of a private hospital in the capital Dhaka. Police say it spread with speed through the tent-like structure, which contained highly flammable construction materials and hand sanitisers.

The bodies of five patients - four men and a woman aged between 45 and 75 - were recovered from the scene. A hospital statement said the fire was probably caused by an electrical short circuit, but an official investigation is now under way.

The Mayor of Dhaka North, Atiqul Islam, who visited the site on Thursday, said eight of the 11 fire extinguishers for the Corona Isolation Unit were out of date. It raises questions about whether enough was done to protect patients in the first place, in a country that has been criticised for its poor fire safety record.

In recent years there have been a number of deadly blazes in the capital Dhaka, which were blamed on lax regulations. The fire also comes as the country recorded a further 2,000 coronavirus cases - the highest single-day jump - bringing the total reported infections to more than 38,000, and 544 deaths. With testing rates low, the fear is the real number is far higher.

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India's Supreme Court has said the authorities should pay for migrant workers' travel home because of the coronavirus lockdown, not the labourers themselves.

It has also said the migrants should be provided with free food and water en route.

Millions of low-paid workers became stranded without wages when the country went into lockdown.

Since 1 May, many states have organised special trains and buses to take them home. But they're struggling to meet demand and many migrants have struggled to afford the fares.

In recent days, Indian media outlets have reported cases of migrants dying on hot, crowded trains. Railway authorities suggest some of those who died were already ill.

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With the Tokyo 2020 Olympics postponed to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, athletes due to take part have been striving to maintain their strict training regimes, whilst adhering to lockdown restrictions.

Click here for a selection of photographs of Olympic and professional athletes from the UK and beyond which show how some have been maintaining their routines.

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BBC Sports editor

Premier League football is set to restart on 17 June, the BBC has learned.

The first games are understood to be Aston Villa v Sheffield Utd and Manchester City v Arsenal - the games in hand.

A full fixture list will then be played on the weekend beginning 19 June. Clubs are still discussing the idea at a meeting now, but it is understood all have agreed in principle at this stage.

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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the coronavirus outbreak could leave about 14 million people in severe food insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean this year.

The number is more than four times the projection for last year in one of the world's most vulnerable regions.

Its latest projection is based on a comparison between food security assessments carried out in 2019, an analysis of economic indicators after the outbreak, and the results of remote surveys to assess the virus' impact on markets access, food security and livelihoods.

“We are entering a very complicated stage,” said Miguel Barreto, the WFP’s regional director. “It is what we are calling a hunger pandemic.”

The WFP has called on government to provide more support to recipients of social protection programmes, and to expand their coverage to more groups, like migrants and those without formal employment.

US President Donald Trump has tweeted that the country passing 100,000 deaths amid the coronavirus is a "very sad milestone".

The US has seen more fatalities than any other country, while its 1.69 million confirmed infections account for about 30% of the worldwide total.

Trump has insisted that without his administration's actions the death toll would be 25 times higher, though critics have accused him of a slow response.

State governors have also been blamed for failing to grasp early enough the lethal threat that the virus posed to nursing homes.

Read here more from the BBC's North America editor Jon Sopel about how 100,000 people lost their lives to Covid-19 in the US.

A further 185 people have died with coronavirus in hospitals across England, latest daily figures show.

It takes the total to 26,234, NHS England said.

The latest death toll comes as Northern Ireland also reported two more deaths, taking the total number in the region to 518.

UK-wide figures are expected later.