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Here’s a roundup of Friday's biggest coronavirus stories:

• The World Health Organization changed its policy to advise that people should cover their faces with homemade masks in places where social distancing isn't possible. Previously it said there was a lack of evidence for the use of masks and other face coverings by healthy people
• The UK became the second country to record over 40,000 coronavirus deaths, after the US. Meanwhile Health Secretary Matt Hancock advised people to avoid large anti-racism protests to stop the spread of the virus
• Brazil, meanwhile, overtook Italy to become the country with the third-highest death toll worldwide

• The EU commissioner for home affairs said states should reopen their internal borders by end of June
• The US unemployment rate fell from 14.7% in April to 13.3% in May due to an unexpected surge in employment that President Trump hailed as a great comeback for the country
• Globally, there have been 6.7m cases since the outbreak began and more than 393,000 deaths

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The World Health Organization has changed its advice on mask-wearing. It previously recommended that only health workers, people with coronavirus and their caregivers should wear medical masks.

So what’s changed?

• The WHO still doesn’t advise widespread use of medical masks, but is recommending more people use fabric masks – the type that are not in short supply because they can been made at home if necessary
• It says everyone should wear fabric masks in places where social distancing is not possible, such on public transportation and in shops
• It has also widened its guidance, saying health workers who are not necessarily caring directly for coronavirus patients – for example, working in other hospital departments – should now wear medical masks.

The WHO says the revised recommendations are based on new research and that there is increasing evidence that coronavirus can be spread by people before they have symptoms. It had previously said this was not known to be a significant cause for the spread of the disease.

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French police have banned protests that were due to place in front of the US Embassy on Saturday, citing coronavirus measures.

Demonstrations have been taking place in the US and across the world since an unarmed African-American, George Floyd, died after a police officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes in Minneapolis.

On Tuesday, 20,000 people joined a rally in Paris in memory of Adama Traore, a French black man who died in similar circumstances to Floyd in 2016.

Campaigners have called for a new protest near the Eiffel Tower on Saturday instead.

Meanwhile, Black Lives Matter protesters in Australia have said they will go ahead with plans to hold a demonstration in Sydney on Saturday, despite a court banning the gathering because of coronavirus.

Philippa Roxby
Health reporter, BBC News

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In the UK, healthcare staff caring for patients with Covid-19 already wear surgical face masks, as well as other personal protective equipment including gloves and aprons.

Now all staff working in hospitals in England will be expected to wear surgical masks – to reduce infections there, we are told, as cases come down.

Patients and visitors (who are permitted to enter) will have to cover their faces too.

Suddenly, face masks or coverings are becoming a feature of many people’s daily lives – whether at work or on public transport or in shops, where social distancing is a challenge.

The change in advice is linked to research showing possible transmission from infected people by coughing, talking and breathing.

The guidance will come into force on 15 June, as more businesses open up and more pupils return to school.

But face coverings are still only one way of stopping the spread of the virus. Regular hand washing and cleaning of surfaces is just as important.

While many people have turned to yoga as a form of exercise and stress relief during the pandemic, not everyone is as welcoming.

The Greek Orthodox Church now says that the practice is "absolutely incompatible" with Christian faith and has no place "in the life of Christians".

Greek media had been advising yoga for people stuck under quarantine.

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A new NHS app is being rolled out to help thousands of people who are most at risk from coronavirus to keep away from hospitals.

It will allow cystic fibrosis patients to share information about their condition with their doctor, with the help of a bluetooth-enabled spirometer which measures lung capacity.

A separate trial will give some who have both the condition and coronavirus devices which can help spot potentially dangerous dips in their blood oxygen levels.

NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said: "For patients and their families living with cystic fibrosis this is a landmark moment, offering people vital health help at home."

The devices should be rolled out to all 4,000 cystic fibrosis patients in England later this year, the NHS said.

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A Conservative MP in the UK has apologised after admitting he failed to follow lockdown guidance by attending a barbecue.

According to the Guardian newspaper, Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely, went to an evening gathering at a journalist's home in Seaview on 22 May., external

Seely said he and his girlfriend met the man for a work-related discussion and ate "half a sausage", but did not enter the house or have a drink.

At the time people could only meet one other person from another household at a distance in a public place.

Seely, who is leading efforts to promote the trial of the Covid-19 contact-tracing app on the island, said the journalist wanted to discuss the project with him.

In a statement, external, the MP said: "When I arrived, I saw another couple of people there, which I was not expecting. I thought about leaving, but felt that was perhaps over-reacting.

"I apologise because, on balance, I called this wrong. It would have better to have spoken to this person without any others nearby."

Imogen Foulkes
BBC News, Geneva

In March, just as fresh snow had fallen across the alps, Switzerland’s ski season came to an abrupt halt.

Alpine hotels emptied overnight, cable cars and mountain railways stopped. No-one, not even the Swiss themselves, could enjoy a day on the slopes.

The financial consequences for the alpine communities are huge, but now the resorts are opening again.

The Swiss government's advice on maintaining a two-metre distance is still in place, so the mountain railways have a safety concept: staff and passengers should wear masks.

The snow has long since melted, but the alpine resorts hope their offer of natural beauty and a clean environment may be just what European tourists want after three months of stress under lockdown.

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The Universal Studios theme park in Orlando, Florida, has opened its doors to visitors for the first time in almost three months.

New safety guidelines have been put in place, external, including temperature checks before entry, mandatory face coverings and spacing between visitors on rides.

The park was closed in mid-March due to the spread of coronavirus.

It's not the first major theme park to begin reopening its doors: Shanghai Disneyland began operating again on 11 May, and Walt Disney World Resort in Florida will start a phased reopening of its attractions from 11 July.

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Nick Triggle
Health Correspondent

The UK';s coronavirus death toll officially passed 40,000 today.

International comparisons are difficult - the way coronavirus fatalities are recorded differs from country to country.

In fact, there are actually two ways to measure it in the UK. The 40,000 figure refers to deaths following a positive test.

If you look at death certificate mentions, which rely on the judgement of doctors, the UK was actually close to 50,000 deaths by the end of May.

The UK has certainly been among the worst-affected countries. However, a number of our near neighbours - in particular Spain and Italy - have seen similar rates of fatalities if you look at deaths per head of population. The UK is certainly not an outlier.

Kerry Allen
BBC Monitoring, Chinese Media Analyst

China’s culture and tourism ministry has issued a warning to people not to travel to Australia, which has raised a lot of eyebrows in China.

“Due to the coronavirus epidemic, racial discrimination against Chinese and Asian people in Australia has increased significantly,” the notice reads. , external

It comes amid sharp tensions between China and Australia over the latter's calls for an inquiry into the origins of the virus.

The announcement got thousands in China on Friday using the hashtag #DontGoToAustralia, external.

But given that Australia has closed its borders to everyone except Australian citizens, residents and immediate family members, many are ridiculing the government’s message.

Some tell the “motherland” to “rest assured” that they will do their civic duty.

“Australia has long denied foreign entry,” one user says. “How do I get there? Which Chinese citizens can enter Australia?”

“It’s hard enough to get out of bed,” another says.

A primary school in the Canadian province of Quebec became the site of an outbreak after one child caught Covid-19, health officials say.

Out of a class of 11, nine children have since tested positive, external. The class was small because the school has been operating at half capacity.

Health officials confirm the school had taken preventative measures, such as handwashing reminders and marking spaces on the floor to encourage social distancing.

Elementary schools opened across Quebec outside the city of Montreal on 11 May, despite the province being Canada's biggest coronavirus hotspot, with 52,398 total cases and 4,935 deaths currently recorded.

Across the country, different provinces are reopening at different rates. On 1 June, British Columbia opened all schools, external on an optional, part-time basis.

Ontario, the site of Canada's second-largest hotspot, has closed schools for the remainder of the school year. But Premier Doug Ford announced the province would proceed to phase two, external of reopening the economy, despite a slight rise in the number of cases.

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Renowned theatre director Sam Mendes has suggested how British theatre can be saved from collapse.

Writing in the Financial Times, external, he says live performances are in "grave danger" - but adds that the industry needs "investment, not charity".

He then suggests that in the short term the government continues its job-retention scheme, while in the longer term, theatres should benefit from tax relief schemes to help keep them afloat, as revenues plummet due to social distancing requirements.

"The performing arts need to be saved now," he writes. "Not next week, or next month. If they die, an ecosystem this intricate and evolved cannot be rebuilt from scratch."

David Shukman
Science editor, BBC News

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This is a big shift in the WHO’s guidance on when the public should cover their faces.

For months, the organisation’s experts stuck to the line that masks would encourage a false sense of security and would deprive medical professionals of badly needed protective equipment.

Those arguments have not gone away but at the same time the WHO acknowledges that new evidence has emerged on the risks of transmission.

It points to recent research that people can be highly infectious in the few days before they show symptoms and that some people catch the virus but never show symptoms at all, as I reported last weekend.

So where distancing isn’t possible, such as on public transport and in locations as varied as shops and refugee camps, it’s suggested that faces are covered with homemade masks to avoid passing on the infection.

Over 60s with underlying health conditions should go further, the WHO said, and wear medical-grade masks to give themselves better protection.

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Just how do you stop large gatherings of people when the sun is shining and people fancy a trip to the seaside?

Well, on the Dorset coast in the UK, pre-booked parking spaces, fines for illegal parking and beach marshals are all going to be introduced in order to prevent a repeat of last weekend's influx of visitors.

Thousands have flocked to the Jurassic Coast and Bournemouth beaches since lockdown restrictions were eased.

Current government guidelines state that households can drive any distance in England to parks and beaches.

Three people were badly hurt jumping from the limestone arch at Durdle Door, while a horrendous amount of litter was also another unwelcome byproduct of the Jurassic Coast Unesco World Heritage site receiving a large number of visitors last week.

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The latest figures from Italy show the daily death figures staying broadly flat - 85 on Friday, 88 the day before, according to the Civil Protection Agency.

However, the number of new confirmed coronavirus cases jumped from 177 on Thursday to 518 on Friday, with 402 recorded in the northern region of Lombardy - the hardest-hit part of Italy in terms of deaths and cases.

The total number of cases in Italy has now increased to 234,531, the sixth highest tally behind those of the United States, Russia, Spain, Britain and Brazil. The death toll now stands at 33,774.

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England and Borussia Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho has been fined by the German football league (DFL) after breaching rules to restrict the spread of the coronavirus, while getting a haircut at home.

The 20-year-old - who has been repeatedly linked with a £100m transfer to England’s Premier League - and his Swiss team-mate Manuel Akanji, were fined after a photo on social media showed neither the players nor their hairdresser wearing personal protective equipment.

A statement from the DFL read: "The DFL has fined Manuel Akanji and Jadon Sancho.

"The players from Borussia Dortmund had obviously violated general hygiene and infection protection standards at home hairdressing appointments."

Sancho, was one of a number of Bundesliga players to make anti-racism statements during matches last weekend in response to the death of unarmed black man George Floyd at the hands of US police.

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We've already reported that from 15 June, people in England will be required to wear face coverings on public transport.

There's a bit of controversy, because the British Medical Association (which represents doctors in the UK) says the rule should be extended so it's compulsory to wear masks in all public places where social distancing isn't possible.

That is the new guidance from the World Health Organization, which has changed its stance on fabric face masks.

But what are the rules right now in other countries?

In the US, legislation around masks is decided on a state-level - or even at a county-level in some cases. New York state, for example, requires people to wear masks in any public place where social distancing isn't possible. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends everyone wear masks when out in public.

Things are a bit more straightforward in Germany, where mask-wearing has been mandatory on public transport and while shopping since 22 April.

France brought in a rule on May 10, making face masks compulsory while out in public, ahead of the start of their lockdown easing a day later.

And in Ireland, while people are advised to wear masks while out in public, it isn't actually mandatory.

Meanwhile, wearing masks in crowded places was far from uncommon in parts of Asia even before the coronavirus pandemic struck, especially if people were ill.

Music can be heard inside one of the world's most famous recording studios.

Abbey Road Studios in London was forced to close as the UK entered lockdown 10 weeks ago but has now reopened - with musicians keeping 2m apart.

The centre is intrinsically linked with The Beatles, who used it to record hits including Come Together and Here Comes The Sun.

Our arts editor Will Gompertz went to listen to the first recording session since it reopened.

Jessica Parker
BBC political correspondent

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As the UK passes the milestone of more than 40,000 deaths, questions will inevitably be asked.

How did we get here? What more could have been done? What mistakes were made?

Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s response to the total number of deaths today was to say that it redoubled his determination to tackle the virus.

That adds to the sense that ministers want the focus to be on addressing the situation as it is now rather than get drawn into an extensive examination of how it’s handled the outbreak so far.

But the government will know that eventually the calls for a public inquiry will almost certainly increase.

Not just for the purposes of accountability – important though that may be – but also to ensure that, should any pandemic emerge again, the country will be better prepared.