Summary

  • UK PM Boris Johnson announces restaurants, pubs and hairdressers will reopen in England from 4 July

  • The 2m distancing rule is also being reduced to 1m plus

  • Cinemas, museums and other attractions will also reopen, but not "close proximity" venues like indoor gyms

  • The changes are not without risk and could be reversed if necessary but are "reasonable", say top government medical and science advisers

  • US states including Florida are seeing a "disturbing surge" in cases, says top US adviser Dr Anthony Fauci

  • Two German districts reintroduce lockdowns after 1,553 workers test positive at a meat processing plant

  • World tennis number one Novak Djokovic tests positive for Covid-19 after playing in his Adria Tour tournament

  • Daily UK government briefing will end and now only take place for significant announcements

  • Worldwide there have been more than 9 million virus cases and 471,000 deaths

Live Reporting

Edited by Vanessa Barford

  1. Mexican newborn triplets test positive

    Will Grant
    BBC News, Mexico and Central America correspondent

    Newborn triplets have all tested positive for coronavirus in Mexico, in what health authorities say is a previously unheard of case.

    The babies were tested in the first hours of their life and hadn’t been in contact with anyone known to be infected with the virus.

    Scientists believe they may be able to help shed light on whether the virus can be passed internally by pregnant mothers via the placenta.

    "It is unprecedented from a scientific point of view," said Miguel Angel Lutzow Steiner, the head of the public health agency in San Luis Potosi.

    Two of the babies are in a stable condition; the other is receiving treatment for a respiratory illness.

    The health authorities believe the parents may have been asymptomatic – they have been isolated while they await results of their own tests.

  2. Trump steps in after adviser's China comment

    President Trump has reassured investors that the US trade deal with China is still on - after White House adviser Peter Navarro told Fox News that an agreement between the countries was “over”.

    Navarro said the “turning point” came when the White House learned about the coronavirus only after a Chinese delegation left Washington, where they had signed the phase one trade deal, on 15 January.

    Mr Navarro quickly walked back on his comments, saying that they had been taken "wildly out of context", and Mr Trump said the deal was "fully intact".

    The debacle sent global stock markets on a roller coaster ride as shares slipped on the initial comments - only to recover after the clarification.

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  3. More cases recorded in Australia outbreak

    Woman has her temperature checked in MelbourneEPA

    Victoria has seen a seventh consecutive day of double-digit case rises

    Another 17 cases have been reported in the Australian state of Victoria, sparking fears of a "second wave".

    Many cases in the latest outbreak came from large family gatherings and other community transmission, whereas previously most were found in returned travellers.

    Medical teams were swooping in on six "hotspot" regions in Melbourne to trace contacts and carry out testing.

    "There is literally an army of people going out door knocking," said Premier Daniel Andrews.

    Cases in Victoria make up close to 90% of Australia's new infections in the past week.

    Other states are keeping their borders firmly closed, even as they move further out of lockdown.

    Western Australia and South Australia are both scrapping gathering limits next week.

  4. WHO: The greatest threat is lack of solidarity

    Dr TedrosAFP

    The director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has said the "greatest threat we face now is not the virus itself, it’s the lack of global solidarity and global leadership".

    "We cannot defeat this pandemic with a divided world," he said during a video conference.

    While Tedros did not mention President Trump specifically, the US leader said last month that his country - which is the WHO's biggest funder - would terminate its relationship with the organisation.

    "China has total control over the World Health Organization," he claimed.

  5. Welcome back

    Welcome to our rolling coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Here are some headlines:

    • The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says the crisis has been "exacerbated" by "politicisation". He added: "We cannot defeat this pandemic with a divided world"
    • UK PM Boris Johnson is set to announce that pubs, restaurants, museums and cinemas can reopen from 4 July
    • Victoria in Australia records another 17 cases, with its premier warning of "significant community transmission"
    • The US records another 425 deaths, taking the total over 120,000
    • Saudi Arabia bans overseas visitors to this year's Hajj pilgrimage
    • In Mexico, newborn triplets test positive for the virus, despite having no contact with anyone known to be infected
    • Globally, there have been more than nine million confirmed cases since the outbreak began, with 471,000 deaths linked to Covid-19