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Hello and thank you for following our rolling coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. If you're just joining us, here are some of the biggest developments from today:

• At least another 130,000 people worldwide have died during the coronavirus pandemic on top of 440,000 officially recorded deaths from the virus, according to BBC research
• In a major U-turn, the UK is abandoning the underpinnings of its existing coronavirus-tracing app and switching to a model based on technology provided by Apple and Google. The government is expected to confirm the news soon
• The Bank of England, the UK’s central bank, has announced £100bn ($124bn) in fresh stimulus to support the UK economy. It also kept the benchmark interest rate on hold at 0.1% - a historic low
• Nearly 500 Russian medics are now said to have died after contracting coronavirus, a huge rise on the previous figure of just over 100

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As we reported earlier, figures for the UK test and trace system show that one in four of those who test positive for the virus cannot be reached by the authorities.

Some people failed to provide the right contact details, while others did not return calls. One expert in controlling infectious diseases said the results were worrying.

"This is a public health crisis - the public are key to helping stop it," said Prof Keith Neal from the University of Nottingham.

The government has defended the scheme, saying it was a "new and large-scale service designed to help us contain the virus and save lives".

The prime minister's official spokesman said it meant that "tens of thousands of people who might have unwittingly spread the virus are now staying safely at home".

"Everyone must play their part and we urge those with symptoms to book a test immediately, and those contacted by the service to follow the advice they receive," he said.

Yogita Limaye
BBC India correspondent

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This week the cities of Mumbai and Delhi have both updated the number of deaths from Covid-19. Hundreds of previously unreported deaths - 862 in Mumbai and 437 in Delhi - have been added.

Authorities in Mumbai say the new figures there are the result of a "reconciliation exercise" to accurately tally data being sent from hospitals, morgues and laboratories.

However, the BBC has found that even now many of the dead being brought to hospitals who had Covid-like symptoms are not being tested. The international guidelines for classification of Covid-19 as a cause of death state that even probable cases should be counted.

It is quite clear that, even with the extra figures added this week, the total number of official deaths is lower than the actual fatalities caused by the virus in India.

A woman who lost six family members to Covid-19 has spoken of her pain at only being able to watch their funerals online.

In the space of nine weeks, Denise Richards, from Derby, has watched 14 funerals for victims, including six family members - two uncles, an aunt and cousins - via a live stream.

Lockdown restrictions on funeral attendance meant Ms Richards was unable to be there in person.

Ms Richards, an equality campaigner, said: "Racism and inequality is rife in so many aspects of our lives and Covid-19 has shown us how serious that is."

Research indicates people from BAME backgrounds are 1.9 times as likely to die from coronavirus as white people.

You can read more of her story here.

Leo Kelion
Technology desk editor

In a major U-turn, the UK is abandoning the underpinnings of its existing NHS coronavirus tracing app and switching to a model based on technology provided by Apple and Google.

The announcement comes the day after the BBC revealed that a former Apple executive, Simon Thompson, was taking charge of the late-running project.

The Apple-Google design has been promoted as being more privacy-centric. However, it means epidemiologists will have access to less data.

And questions remain about whether any smartphone-based system reliant on Bluetooth signals will be accurate enough to be useful.

The UK follows Germany, Austria and Uruguay among others in switching from a so-called "centralised" approach to a "decentralised" one.

The government is expected to confirm the news soon.

Despite the change, the interface presented to users will remain the same.

Read more here.

Rob Cameron
BBC Prague Correspondent

The Czech Republic's health minister, Adam Vojtech, has said face masks will no longer be obligatory even in enclosed spaces including public transport from 1 July.

They will only be required in areas of the country with local outbreaks, which at present would be Karvina in north-east Moravia and Prague. However the situation is fluid and will be reassessed over the coming weeks, he said.

Vojtech said the change was part of a move towards localised regulations and a system built on individual responsibility. He stressed the virus was still present and had not disappeared.

The central European country has reported 10,176 cases of the virus, along with 333 deaths.

Faisal Islam
BBC Economics Editor

The Bank of England has increased its support for the UK economy, despite it assessing that the outlook is not quite as awful as its scenario last month.

The economy is on course for a hit in the second quarter of around 20% compared with the final three months of 2019. That’s still historic, and off the scale, but not quite as extreme as the 27% it predicted in May.

The extra £100bn of purchases of government bonds also has the air of an insurance policy.

Still, there are concerns the recovery will not be quick due to the “prevalence of the virus” in the UK. And the bank remains wary of there being a second wave in future.

Earlier we reported UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab accusing Russia of trying to "exploit" the coronavirus pandemic.

Raab said coronavirus had created a "perceived opportunity" for state actors like Russia to use cyber and other means to exploit the challenges of Covid-19, although it had not made a "material difference" to the UK's health response.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "Certainly we disagree entirely with such statements. Regarding disinformation, we consider such accusations absurd." He said that Russia was promoting international co-operation on the virus.

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Scotland's leader Nicola Sturgeon has also announced:

• From next Monday, all shops except those in indoor shopping centres will be allowed to reopen - read more detail on this here
• Also from Monday, face coverings will be mandatory on public transport

• On the same date, dentists will be able to reopen for urgent care, contact sports are allowed to restart but behind closed doors, places of worship can open for individual prayer, and the construction sector can continue to restart

However, Ms Sturgeon said she could not give a date for when the hospitality industry can start up again. She said she was expecting further scientific evidence in the next few weeks.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been setting out what people in Scotland are now allowed to do as the country enters the next stage of easing lockdown.

From today, people who are shielding are allowed to go outside for outdoors exercise - unless they live in a nursing or residential home.

And from tomorrow, they can also take part in non-contact outdoor activities such as golf. They can also meet outdoors in groups of up to eight - but they can't go indoors and they should stick to social distancing rules.

For the rest of the general population, Ms Sturgeon says from tomorrow, people can meet outdoors with up to two other households at a time. People are allowed to go indoors to use a toilet but should clean surfaces afterwards.

She reminds people that they should not travel more than five miles from their home - but that distance limit does not apply to meeting family and friends.

And anyone who lives on their own or with children under 18, can form an "extended household group" with one other household from Friday, where they can stay overnight and hug each other. This is similar to the social bubble rule in England.

Each of the four nations in the UK are in charge of their own lockdown restrictions, and have eased them at different paces.

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Lockdowns are lifting, travel restrictions are easing, and summer's just around the corner for millions of eager Europeans.

But there's bad news for hopeful holiday planners. The government of Spain's Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean will not allow nightclubs to reopen this year - or possibly even until there's a vaccine available.

Local media say the ban could stay in place even through 2021. Clubs and venues like Hi Ibiza and Ushuaia are posting notices on social media about the closures.

"For the first time since I was 16, I don't actually know what I'm doing," DJ and producer Skream told Radio 1 Newsbeat.

"It's bleak. Nobody knows what's happening. I worry about the clubs I work for, the staff at those clubs, everyone in the nightlife industry."

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has just announced that Scotland can now move into the next phase of its lockdown easing - stage two of the four phases.

But she says: "The virus has not gone away and we all must remember that."

There is a very real risk that transmission could rise again, she adds, and "we must progress forwards very carefully".

It comes as two further people died with coronavirus in the past 24 hours in Scotland, taking the total there to 2,464.

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has unveiled a €4.25bn ($4.8bn; £3.8bn) plan to bolster the country's virus-battered tourism industry.

"Spain is reopening itself to tourism," Sanchez said. "We are a world leader and each step we take will be safe."

Details of the plan have yet to be revealed, but the Spanish PM said the cash would be put towards several measures, including marketing and promotion, discounted taxes for airlines, and the creation of a "tourism intelligence observatory".

Tourism is a vital industry for the Spanish economy, accounting for over 12% of its economy. To boost visitor numbers, from 1 July the government will allow foreign visitors to enter the country without having to undergo a two-week quarantine.

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Beijing has in the past week seen a spike of Covid-19 cases - almost all of which have been linked to a huge wholesale food market.

State media said the virus was discovered on chopping boards used for imported salmon at the Xinfadi market - sparking fears across the country.

Supermarkets and restaurants across Beijing hurried to pull salmon from their shelves, and imports from Europe were halted.

On Wednesday it was announced that a 22-year-old man - known to have occasionally cleaned frozen seafood - had tested positive for the virus in Tianjin, near Beijing.

But China's Centre for Disease Control said that it was unlikely that any salmon had carried the virus. So how and why did the panic emerge?

Find out here.

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It's not long now until Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon makes an announcement on the further easing of the lockdown.

The announcement - at 12.30 BST - is expected to cover shops, workplaces and social gatherings.

Sturgeon is likely to set a date for when shops selling non-essential goods can reopen to customers. Across the border in England, those shops reopened on Monday.

People are also expected to be allowed to meet outside in larger groups than the current limit of eight.

Read more on what might be announced.

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The Bank of England, the UK’s central bank, has announced £100bn in fresh stimulus to support the UK economy.

It also kept the benchmark interest rate on hold at 0.1% - a historic low.

The new stimulus will take the form of quantitative easing, with the Bank buying up billions of pounds of government bonds to artificially keep interest rates low across the economy.

It follows a £200bn boost to its bond buying programme back in March.

Quantitative easing (QE) is designed to lower the cost of borrowing for businesses, individuals and the government, thereby stimulating economic growth.

The Bank of England - which can create new money electronically - buys up large amounts of government bonds. These are promises to pay back a certain sum of money in the future, and pay interest in the meantime.

By driving up demand, the prices of those bonds rise on the open market, while the interest rates on them fall.

Many interest rates offered by banks to businesses and individuals are influenced by the price of government bonds.

QE also makes it cheaper for the UK government to borrow large sums of money, which is key to funding its coronavirus response.

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The Bank of England, the UK's central bank, is expected to announce another round of stimulus for the struggling economy at 12:00BST.

Interest rates are already at rock bottom, so few are expecting another cut to the base rate - instead we're likely to see billions of pounds in new "quantitative easing" (QE) announced.

QE is designed to lower the cost of borrowing money, making it easier for businesses and individuals to invest and spend, which will be key to the economic recovery.

It comes after the UK economy shrank by a record 20.4% in April, the first full month of lockdown. There have also been warnings we could see heavy job losses in the months to come as the government's wage support schemes are wound down.

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More than one in four people who test positive for the coronavirus cannot be reached by the test and trace system in England, data shows.

In the first two weeks of operation to 10 June, the service was given the details of 14,000 people to follow up.

But fewer than 10,200 of them could be reached. In some cases the contact details were not correct, while others did not return calls.

Of those who were reached, the service asked more than 87,000 of their close contacts to self-isolate.

If you're confused by the test and trace system, here's how it works.

Some 489 medics have died in Russia after contracting coronavirus, the country's health watchdog, Roszdravnadzor, has said.

The latest toll is a sharp rise from the 101 reported last month.

Roszdravnadzor chief Alla Samoilova said problems in supplying protective equipment had been a contributing factor.

"If I'm being honest, there were issues at the start, there were some shortcomings," she said.

With more than 561,000 cases - including 7,790 during the last 24 hours - Russia has the third-highest number of cases globally. Its official death toll stands at 7,760.