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Pubs and restaurants in England could re-open earlier than planned after warnings of huge job losses.

Firms have been preparing to start serving customers outdoors from 4 July, but 22 June is now being considered by ministers - as first reported by the Financial Times newspaper, external.

Pub chain Wetherspoons said it would be a "psychological boost", but trade body UK Hospitality told the BBC that reducing social distancing from two metres to one metre would be far more important for the industry's survival.

The Cabinet may discuss the issues on Tuesday. Read more here.

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Poland is temporarily closing 12 coal mines to stop the spread of the virus. Here's more on that and other stories from around Europe:

• Poland recorded the highest number of new cases in the EU on Sunday – 575 - due to an outbreak at the Zofiowka mine. Many infected miners have not shown symptoms, which has helped to spread the virus. Poland is the EU’s largest producer of hard coal, but its power stations have enough stocks to generate electricity. Covid-19 cases and deaths overall remain quite low in Poland, compared with western Europe
• In the Republic of Ireland thousands more businesses have reopened. It is now in Phase 2 of a four-phase plan to ease the lockdown, so most shops are reopening, though not yet those in shopping malls. People can now travel up to 20km (12 miles) from their home, or anywhere in their own county
• Denmark's easing began in mid-April, and on Monday its Phase 3 started, with one more phase to go. Danes can now meet in groups of up to 50, and gyms and swimming pools are reopening, though with social distancing rules in place

There appears to be a "good level of compliance" so far with new regulations requiring people arriving in the UK to self-isolate for 14 days, Downing Street has said.

"We do expect the vast majority of people to play their part in helping to stop the spread of this disease," the prime minister's spokesman said.

The spokesman declined to comment on the threat of legal action by some airlines, but said the science behind the new regulations, which came into force today, was clear.

"If we limit the risk of new cases being brought in from abroad we can help to reduce the likelihood of a second wave of coronavirus," he said.

The spokesman also dismissed suggestions from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer that testing at airports could be used instead of a quarantine system.

He said people needed to self-isolate for 14 days as it could be a "significant number of days" after becoming infected that they develop symptoms.

Read more about the new quarantine rules here.

No new coronavirus deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland hospitals for the second day in a row, latest figures show.

It is only the third day of no deaths being recorded since 18 March - five days before lockdown began.

It comes as Scotland also recorded no new Covid-19 deaths for 48 hours.

Meanwhile, a further 59 people with coronavirus have died in England. In Wales, the death toll rose by three to 1,401.

Fewer deaths are generally recorded over a weekend and early into the following week, due to a lag in reporting.

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BBC Monitoring, Chinese Media Analyst

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Chinese students are returning for the first time today to a number of universities in the city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak began.

Since early May, the local government has been phasing the return of students to academic institutions. Today, final year and postgraduate students who specialise in scientific research are able to return, state media says.

The official People’s Daily newspaper is sharing pictures of students returning to universities with their suitcases and masks. They have been told to turn up at specific times to maintain social distancing, and they are subject to temperature checks on arrival.

There were more than 50,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Wuhan, and people in the city spent 76 days in strict lockdown. On Friday, authorities confirmed the city was free of all symptomatic cases of the virus, but roughly 200 people who are asymptomatic are still under medical observation.

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The head of a top teaching union says schools in England may not be able to return in full in September if more progress is not made in tackling coronavirus.

Dr Mary Bousted, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said whether whole schools could reopen depended on the R number; whether the number of coronavirus cases was low enough and whether schools were confident they could operate.

“If you’ve got a whole school in, there is no way you can do social distancing," she told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme.

Some primary schools in England partially reopened for Reception, Years One and Six at the beginning of June, while secondary schools are due to reopen for Years 10 and 12 from 15 June.

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BBC Moscow Correspondent

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The mayor of Moscow has announced a timetable for removing most of the coronavirus restrictions currently in place.

This is despite a stubbornly high number of new cases in the city each day – around 2,000 per day for the past fortnight.

The period of "self-isolation" officially ends on Tuesday, meaning that everyone – including the over-65s – can move about the city freely again for the first time since the end of March.

Sergei Sobyanin said the move was possible because the city had managed to "avoid a catastrophe" thanks to the strict measures it took.

He said that the pandemic, "slowly but surely" was fading – with fewer hospital admissions and fewer new cases – and so the city could return to "normal life", step by step.

"Don’t forget, the risk has fallen but not gone away," he said.

The announcement comes two weeks ahead of the re-scheduled Victory Day Parade in the city on 24 June. President Vladimir Putin’s big set piece event of the year had to be postponed from 9 May.

It is also three weeks before a nationwide vote on constitutional reforms that would allow Mr Putin to stay in power for another two terms, should he choose.

From Tuesday, hairdressers and beauty salons reopen, while theatres and circuses and musicians can begin to rehearse again. Cemeteries also reopen their gates.

Restaurants, cafes, libraries, museums and zoos reopen on 16 June.

London hospitals have recorded no deaths among those to have tested positive for coronavirus over 24 hours.

Across the UK, a further 55 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus, during the same period.

That is the lowest number since before lockdown was announced on 23 March.

One of the world's largest showcases of underground fashion, Graduate Fashion Week, has been cancelled due to lockdown restrictions in the UK.

It leaves fashion students without the catwalk to showcase their designs - inspired by everything from miners' strikes, to golf bags, to K-Pop.

Three of the "class of Covid-19" have been speaking to the BBC about their work, uncertain futures, and how they are adapting to a "new normal".

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New York state is currently at the epicentre of the pandemic, with nearly 400,000 cases and just over 30,000 confirmed deaths.

Within this, New York City has become the worst-hit area with about one in every 20 people having had a confirmed coronavirus infection.

But new cases are down to about 500 a day - half the level it was a few weeks ago. People are still required to wear masks outdoors but lockdown measures are gradually being eased.

The outbreak has had a severe impact on businesses, wiping out thousands of jobs. Health facilities and their staff have also felt the strain. Lorna Breen, a senior doctor at a hospital in Manhattan, took her own life in April.

Her father told the New York Times: "She tried to do her job and it killed her."

The BBC spoke to several frontline workers who gave their accounts of battling the outbreak.

BBC transport correspondent Tom Burridge has been speaking to passengers arriving at London Stansted Airport from Eindhoven in the Netherlands about new quarantine rules that came into force today.

The measures require all travellers arriving in the UK, except those arriving from the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, to self-isolate for 14 days. Many passengers said they were happy to comply.

One told the BBC: "For some people it might be inconvenient but for me it’s OK because I’ve come to the country and the rate is high here so I think it’s sensible.”

But others pointed out the effectiveness of the measures could be undermined by individuals travelling by public transport to the place where they are quarantining.

"If I’m a carrier now how would they control it? How would you know if I’d spread it to anyone else?" one said.

New York City - the area of the US worst-hit by the coronavirus - is beginning to ease its lockdown from today.

As many as 400,000 workers could begin returning to construction jobs, manufacturing sites and retail stores today in the city’s first phase of reopening.

More than 205,000 people have been infected with Covid-19 in the city, and nearly 22,000 have died, with up to 800 people dying in a single day at its peak two months ago.

Earlier, New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo tweeted the following...

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Spain’s top-flight football competition La Liga will use virtual images of stands in television broadcasts with added "fan audio", when it resumes on Thursday behind closed doors.

Viewers in Spain will have the choice of normal or enhanced digital broadcasts while international viewers will receive broadcasts augmented by graphics and added atmospheric audio.

La Liga, which has worked with a Norwegian company and the makers of the Fifa video game, said the technology would "allow matches to be seen in an attractive way that closely resembles how they looked and sounded before the competition was postponed".

Virtual stands will display to-scale images of fans wearing the home club's colours and be adapted to fit the flow of games, mimicking reactions from situations likes goals.

The league restarts with a derby match between Sevilla and Real Betis (21:00 GMT), while champions Barcelona visit Real Mallorca on Saturday and Real Madrid host Eibar on Sunday.

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The boss of UK-based oil giant BP has told staff it plans to cut 10,000 jobs from its global workforce after being hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

In an email to staff, BP chief executive Bernard Looney said most of the jobs would go by the end of the year and the majority of people affected would be in office-based jobs.

"We are protecting the front line of the company and, as always, prioritising safe and reliable operations," he added.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has declared there are now "no active cases" of Covid-19 in the country.

She said nobody had been in hospital with the virus for 12 days - and revealed how she celebrated the milestone with her young daughter Neve.

There have only been 22 coronavirus-related deaths in New Zealand.

No new coronavirus deaths have been reported in Scotland in the last 24 hours, the second day in a row the figure has remained the same, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.

Speaking at the daily coronavirus briefing in Edinburgh, Sturgeon said a total of 2,415 patients have died in Scotland after testing positive for coronavirus, no change on the previous day's figure.

She said this was "very encouraging" but it was likely that more deaths from the virus would be reported in the coming days.

The first minister said 15,639 people have now tested positive for the virus in Scotland, up by 18 from the day before.

Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world, with more than 6.9 million confirmed cases in 188 countries, while more than 400,000 people have lost their lives.

Visit our data and graphics page here to access a wide range of tables, graphs and facts about the global pandemic.

The charts show which countries have the most cases and deaths, the speed at which the virus has spread around the world, where the numbers are rising and falling and how Covid-19 has hit the United States - the country with the highest number of deaths and cases.

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As we've been reporting, new travel rules have come into force for the UK today.

It means people arriving in the country from abroad - including UK nationals - will have to isolate for 14 days.

But that two-week period does not apply to people travelling from the Republic of Ireland, leading some to suggest a "Dublin dodge".

So can the rules be bypassed this way? We've been answering that and some of your other questions on the quarantine here.

For some people however, there's only one question on their minds: can I go on holiday this summer?

At least 50% of Singapore’s newly discovered Covid-19 cases have no symptoms, the co-head of the country's taskforce has told Reuters news agency., external

"Based on our experience, for every symptomatic case you would have at least one asymptomatic case," Lawrence Wong said.

"That is exactly why we have been very cautious in our reopening plans."

Singapore - which has a population of just 5 million - has been hit relatively badly by coronavirus in comparison to many countries in Asia, with 38,000 cases.

Lockdown has been eased in the last week, but many are still required to work from home.

“People have commented - why are we not reopening the economy faster?” Wong said.

“We have to take a more cautious approach. There are still asymptomatic cases which we may not have detected circulating in the community.”

Read more about the mystery of asymptomatic 'silent spreaders'.

A few weeks ago, we asked for your lockdown confessions. It turns out some of you had a lot to get off your chest.

While many people behaved themselves, others did not - examples include sending unsanitised food parcels to mother-in-laws, showing too much of yourself on a partner's work zoom call, doing a school presentation for your children and attending illegal barbecues.

Read some of the lockdown confessions here.