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Here is a reminder of some of the day's key coronavirus developments:

• Brazil's reported Covid-19 death toll - 41,828 - has become the second highest in the world, surpassing the UK. Only the US has reported more

• Meanwhile, Russia is the latest country - along with Brazil and the US - to have recorded more than 500,000 confirmed cases of the virus
• Racism may have played a part in increasing risks of ethnic minorities catching and dying from Covid-19 in the UK, a leaked report says

• And people living alone in England and Northern Ireland have been reunited with loved ones as "support bubble" schemes begin

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As we mentioned earlier, the Oxford versus Cambridge Boat Race was being held virtually this year. And the results are in.

Cambridge followed up on last year's (real life) win by once again finishing ahead of their university rivals.

Both teams of eight used rowing machines at home to cover the 6.8km distance.

The event - usually held on the River Thames in London - was one of many sporting events cancelled due to the ongoing lockdown in the UK.

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A Peruvian doctor in charge of his region's coronavirus response has been fired after recommending people ingest chlorine dioxide, an industrial disinfectant similar to bleach.

Amílcar Huancahuari, who was head of the Covid-19 response in the southern region of Ayacucho, said the chemical should be distributed to everyone with coronavirus symptoms, despite it not being suitable for human consumption.

During a press conference he claimed chlorine dioxide had "already been tested with people with Covid-19 and they have improved remarkably".

Ayacucho governor Carlos Rúa then held a follow-up press conference to say Huancahuari's comments were made in a personal capacity, because he hadn't discussed chlorine dioxide in any official meetings.

A few hours later Rúa announced that the doctor had been dismissed from his post.

Iran will reintroduce lockdown measures if health regulations are not observed in the country, says President Hassan Rouhani.

The country has seen a spike in coronavirus infections since it began to ease restrictions in mid-April. More than 2,400 new cases were reported on Saturday, bringing the national toll to 184,955. Total deaths have also risen to 8,730.

President Rouhani said that last month there was an 80% compliance rate with health protocols, but this has since fallen to 20%. He also expressed concern about mass gatherings at the recently reopened Imam Reza shrine - the country's largest Shia Muslim complex.

Since early April, the government has been trying as much as it can to reopen businesses, schools and religious sites, and revive an economy that was already crippled by US sanctions.

However, such moves have caused concern among health officials, and rising infections have spurred fears of a second wave in Iran, which is the worst-hit country in the Middle East.

Chile's President Sebastián Piñera has removed his health minister, Jaime Mañalich.

Mañalich, who had only been in the role for a year, has been replaced with Oscar Enrique Paris, the president's office announced in a briefing.

The reshuffle comes amid controversy over the country's virus death toll, which has gone through revisions. Last weekend, officials added another 653 deaths from databases, which hadn't originally been included.

The government has faced criticism for how it's recorded the death toll, which experts say may be far higher than is being officially reported.

It has also been criticised for being slow to enforce preventative measures, such as lockdowns.

Chile has one of the highest numbers of cases in Latin America, behind Brazil and Peru.

A shoe shop run by eight generations of the same family for more than 200 years will finally reopen, as coronavirus restrictions begin to lift.

W. J. French & Son has been trading in Southampton since 1803, but estimates it has lost more than £100,000 during the lockdown.

The shop will reopen on Monday with social distancing measures in place, so shoes can be safely fitted by staff.

We reported earlier that Monday is the day that the European Union wants all its members to reopen their internal borders by.

France, Belgium and Greece are among those who will then open their frontiers to most other EU member states.

But Poland did so today - reopening all its EU borders after three months of closure.

Small towns that straddle the border celebrated as the gates opened at midnight. The mayors of Frankfurt (Oder) on the German side and Slubice on the Polish side toasted the moment with champagne, and were even pictured sharing a hug.

Work commuters were initially barred from crossing when the border closed in March but later allowed to resume travel.

"We have missed it, we are going there to eat out quite often and do shopping. So it's great now, we have missed it a lot," said Petra, from Frankfurt (Oder), a town not to be confused with the major city on the other side of Germany.

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As we've just heard, another 1,425 Covid-19 cases and 181 deaths have been reported across the UK in a day.

It brings the total number to have died in all settings - including hospitals, care homes and the community - to 41,662, the Department of Health and Social Care said.

These charts offer more context by plotting the downward trend in the numbers.

Of course, each death is much more than a statistic.

The BBC has been hearing from family and friends of some of those who have died.

Read their tributes here.

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It was the worst day of Anthony Almojera's career.

In just one shift in early April, the veteran New York City paramedic had to tell a dozen families that a loved one had died from suspected coronavirus. But in the days that followed, this became his grim routine.

When we first spoke to Anthony nine weeks ago, New York was at the forefront of the global Covid-19 pandemic, with the state reporting more diagnosed cases than any single country.

Since then, five of his colleagues have died. Four contracted coronavirus and one took his own life after telling co-workers he was struggling to cope.

Anthony is still coming to terms with what's happened.

Read more here.

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After nearly 12 weeks of lockdown, five-year-old Heidi can finally share a hug with her grandmother.

Her Nana Pam is among the millions of people living alone during the crisis.

Those in England and Northern Ireland can now “bubble” with another household without observing social distancing.

Heidi's father Gareth Snow, 37, said lockdown had been “hard on both of them as they are usually so close”.

Nana Pam and Heidi weren't the only ones missing each other during lockdown.

There were squeals of delight from Hayley Matthews, 36, from Telford, Shropshire, when she and her family were finally reunited with her mother Rita Kenyon.

Hayley said she and her husband both work, so her mum used to be her main source of childcare for nine-year-old Maddison, seven-year-old Jude and Rowan, five.

It was very emotional when they realised they would be able to get back together, she said.

"I rang her, because she didn't watch the news, and she was crying down the phone. It is like being let out of jail were mum's words," said Rachel.

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For Katie Partridge, working 12.5 hour shifts on intensive care and recovery wards helping coronavirus patients leaves her feeling a sense of guilt.

Not because of her work, but because the mum of two often leaves while her children are asleep and returns after they have gone to bed.

"They know Mummy is helping people but I am torn when I see other mums doing amazing things - yet I feel pure joy when a patient recovers," she said. "I hope my kids will understand it one day and be proud of their mum - and know that I wasn't home with them because I was helping people who needed me."

The 31-year-old is a respiratory team lead at Basildon University Hospital in Essex and mother to Emelia, four, and 18-month-old Elliott.

Read more of her story here.

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Russia's official death toll for April has more than doubled to 2,712, after the country changed how it classifies fatalities.

Officials are now warning that May's updated toll is likely to be even worse, as the country's daily number of new infections peaked in the middle of last month.

The official overall death toll still stands at just over 6,800. But earlier this week, health officials in Moscow said the death toll in May in the capital city alone was 5,260, when calculated using the new method.

Before, the official toll only included people for whom the virus was listed as the main cause of their death. However, it now includes all those who have died after testing positive for the virus, even if Covid-19 is not listed as the primary cause of their death.

We have more information from a leaked report into the impact of Covid-19 on black, Asian and minority communities. It finds racism and social inequality may have contributed to increased coronavirus risks for people in these communities.

The Public Health England draft report found "historic racism and poorer experiences of healthcare or at work" meant individuals in BAME groups were less likely to seek care when needed or to speak up when they had concerns about personal protective equipment or risk.

Other possible factors include risks linked to discrimination and occupation, and inequalities in conditions such as diabetes.

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“The unequal impact of COVID-19 on BAME communities may be explained by a number of factors ranging from social and economic inequalities, racism, discrimination and stigma, occupational risk, inequalities in the prevalence of conditions that increase the severity of disease including obesity, diabetes, hypertension and asthma," it said.

It also said there was a "lack of trust" of NHS services for many BAME communities.

The report said stakeholders expressed "deep dismay, anger, loss and fear in their communities" as data emerged suggesting Covid-19 was "exacerbating existing inequalities".

It also said there was "deep concern and anxiety" that "if lessons are not learnt from this initial phase of the epidemic, future waves of the disease could again have severe and disproportionate impacts".

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BBC News

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Huge sums are being invested in Oxford University's vaccine - but there's no guarantee that it will work.

Globally, AstraZeneca, the pharmaceutical company partnering on the project, aims to produce two billion doses.

Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and France have signed a deal with the company, it was announced earlier. The US government has already made its own $1.2bn deal.

The German health minister, Jens Spahn, said Europe was behind other countries in securing vaccines. He said the latest move should benefit all EU citizens.

EU governments have given the European Commission a mandate to buy promising vaccines in advance - if the money is available.

Katy Watson
BBC South America correspondent

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Brazil's handling of the pandemic has turned highly political.

The country has swiftly risen up the grim leaderboard of coronavirus statistics and its death toll - 41,828 - is now the world's second highest.

The Americas account for around half of the number of cases globally. Brazil, Latin America's biggest country, is now the epicentre of the epicentre.

But its leader still seems to care very little - or at least that is the impression he is happy to portray.

When questioned about the death toll in April, Jair Bolsonaro brushed it off saying, "I'm not a gravedigger". A week or so later, he was asked for a comment when Brazil overtook China's death toll, to which he responded "So what?".

Read more here.

A further 181 people have died after testing positive for Covid-19 in the UK, latest daily figures show., external

It brings the total number to have died in all settings - including hospitals, care homes and the community - to 41,662, the Department of Health and Social Care said.

President Trump has delivered his commencement address to graduating cadets at West Point Military Academy in New York state.

And because of the pandemic, the ceremony looks quite different this year: cadets are wearing face masks, and are socially distanced from each other.

The ceremony has gone ahead despite warnings against mass gatherings in the state.

New York has the highest death toll within the US, which itself has the highest national death toll in the world.

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A four-year-old boy with cancer and his father have been reunited with the rest of their family after the lockdown separated them for seven weeks while the boy received treatment.

Oliver Stephenson was admitted into Leeds General Infirmary on 27 April for chemotherapy after being diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma in January.

His father, James, 32, has been at his bedside but his mother, Laura, and brother, Alfie, were unable to visit.

James Stephenson said it had been "like torture waiting to come home", but it was "amazing" to be reunited.

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The US public health body, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has released new guidelines for Americans wanting to go out and about.

Among the suggestions, external are that dinner party hosts ask guests to bring their own food, that travellers avoid lifts in hotels, and that gym-goers wear a mask while doing low-intensity workouts.

The new guidance comes as some states begin to ease lockdown restrictions.

But two states, Oregon and Utah, have halted their plans to ease restrictions because of local spikes in the number of cases.

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We have more information about a leaked draft report that looks at how to better protect black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people in the UK from Covid-19.

The document, from Public Health England, recommends:

• providing adequate personal protective equipment
• making it law for health risk assessments to be done for BAME workers
• culturally sensitive public health messaging so that people, particularly those who may not speak English as a first language, understand the advice on how to protect themselves

• better data collection about ethnicity and religion
• recording such information on death certificates to accurately monitor the impact on these communities

The draft document says that racism, stigma, occupational risk and social inequality may exacerbate the coronavirus risk among BAME communities.

It also says that any recovery strategies must include action on reducing inequality.

Public health officials have said the final recommendations will be published next week.