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Some countries are still dealing with large epidemics, but even those currently controlling the virus fear "the second wave".

The second phase of Spanish flu a century ago was deadlier than the first. So, is a second wave inevitable?

In order to say one wave has ended, the virus would have been brought under control and cases fallen substantially.

For a second wave to start you would need a sustained rise in infections.

Current outbreaks in New Zealand and the Chinese capital, Beijing, cannot be classed as a second wave, scientists argue. But the rapid surge in coronavirus cases in Iran in recent weeks has sparked talk of a second wave.

So what are our options? The BBC's James Gallagher takes a look.

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Latin America now accounts for 100,000 of the more than 477,000 Covid-related deaths worldwide. Brazil is the worst-affected country in the region, but how are others faring?

• In Peru, more than 220 police officers have died with coronavirus. The government says most of them are thought to have contracted the virus while enforcing quarantine measures in food markets and other public places. Peru has the second-highest death toll in the region after Brazil, despite strict lockdown measures
• A doctor in Honduras has given an update on the health of President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was taken to hospital with coronavirus last week. He said the president had trouble breathing and was in a "delicate condition". Hernández's wife has also contracted the virus. There are almost 14,000 confirmed cases in the Central American nation
• Panama's National Association of Nurses has warned of a shortage of gowns and masks. Panama is the worst-affected country in Central America with more than 27,000 confirmed cases among its population of just under 4.2 million people

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Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson's announcement of sweeping changes to England's lockdown on Tuesday, here's a brief guide to developments across the rest of the UK:

• Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will give an update on the timescale for easing the country's lockdown restrictions at lunchtime on Wednesday
• She is expected to include dates for when some further parts of the economy can open, but has said she will not follow England in reducing the two-metre (6ft) social-distancing rule until at least next week
• The two-metre rule also remains in place in Northern Ireland for the time being
• Meanwhile, a think tank has suggested the NI economy is likely to suffer from the impact of the pandemic for longer than other parts of the UK, calling on the executive to "come together" and address weaknesses in the local economy
• In Wales, Health Minister Vaughan Gething said the government would consider changing the two-metre rule if there was evidence it is safe
• Schools in Wales are due to reopen to pupils from all year groups for limited periods from next week

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EU ambassadors are meeting to discuss plans to reopen external borders on 1 July, and travellers from the US could be among those not allowed in.

A number of European countries are keen to open up to tourists but others are wary of the continued spread of coronavirus.

The 27-member bloc must first agree the measures that non-EU countries should meet before deciding on a safe list.

America continues to report the highest number of coronavirus cases in the world, so it is likely it would be barred. Brazil, Russia and other countries with high infection rates would also be left off a safe list, according to reports from Brussels.

Read more here.

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"Faith is a core part of my identity. Without it, I think lockdown would have been so much harder."

Changing the way we live because of coronavirus has been hard for a lot of us.

For some people, like Philip Baldwin, prayer has made a big difference in getting through three tough months of lockdown.

"It's left a big void which religion has been able to fill somewhat, even without going to church," the 29-year-old tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.

Read more here.

Rob Cameron
Prague Correspondent

Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova will self-isolate at home until Friday as a precaution after one of her aides came into contact with someone who had tested positive for Covid, her spokesman said.

The president has cancelled her engagements, including a meeting on Wednesday with the head of the Czech Senate, Milos Vystrcil and Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen.

Slovakia has been praised for its response to the pandemic. It was one of the first countries in Europe to close its borders and introduce mandatory mask-wearing even before the first cases were reported. The EU and NATO member, which has a population of 5.5 million, has so far recorded just 1,589 positive cases. The majority have now recovered. A total of 28 people have died.

Slovakia has eased its lockdown in recent weeks, and is currently allowing in tourists from 19 countries, mostly in central and eastern Europe, Scandinavia and the Baltic states. Tourists from the rest of Europe are not permitted to enter.

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The US has accused India's national carrier of "discriminatory practices" and curbed repatriation flights it was operating both to and from the country.

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) said Air India was also selling tickets for the flights which meant they were not "true repatriations".

It added that US carriers were not being allowed to conduct similar operations to and from India, despite submissions from airline companies.

Air India has been flying a series of "rescue missions" to bring Indian citizens back home from other countries in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. It has not yet responded to the DOT's decision.

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Health correspondent

Talk of a dreaded second wave will dominate the coming weeks and months. The UK will need to be prepared for one.

But as the health leaders acknowledge, it is not possible to predict for sure if one will actually happen.

What is certainly a given, is there will be local flare-ups where we see clusters of infections. This has already happened in some locations.

What is important to recognise, is that the UK is in a completely different position to where it was in March - when the first wave hit.

Testing capacity has gone from a few thousand a day to 200,000, and there is a network of contact tracers to find those that might be infected.

There are still weaknesses: some tests take too long to turn around, the tracing system is still bedding in, and the app is not ready.

But there is a realistic chance, if these continue to improve - and, importantly, the public keeps playing its part - that the virus will be largely kept at bay.

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He is one of the world’s leading infectious disease experts. The man who was part of the team that discovered the deadly Ebola virus in 1976 and who also pioneered research into HIV/Aids.

Until now he had managed to avoid being infected by any of the deadly diseases he has spent his life fighting. But in the end Prof Peter Piot of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine was struck down by Covid-19.

Here he tells our global health correspondent Tulip Mazumdar about his experience of the virus and his concern for its longer term health impacts.

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Austria says waiters will no longer need to wear masks from 1 July. But Chancellor Sebastian Kurz warned people not to throw their masks away, as they would be needed in the future.

Health Minister Rudolf Anschober said there could well be a "difficult situation in the late autumn". There are also plans to allow all sports to resume.

Austria has also warned citizens against travel to the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia after a coronavirus outbreak at a meatpacking plant there. Lockdown restrictions have been imposed in two districts in the state - we have more on that here.

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Much has been made in recent weeks of the apparent success of one Welsh county in dealing with coronavirus.

Across England and Wales, only the Isles of Scilly have recorded a lower death rate than Ceredigion.

The local council - which set up its own contact tracing operation - has been widely praised for its response to the virus.

But the region's low infection rates are down to a "combination" of factors, according to public health officials.

BBC Wales has carried out a detailed analysis of available data, focusing on Ceredigion's position in relation to known risk factors for the spread of Covid-19.

With confirmed cases still only in double figures, what did this part of Wales do differently?

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Author and poet Michael Rosen, 74, has been discharged from hospital in London, nearly three months after he was first admitted with suspected coronavirus.

His wife, Emma-Louise Williams, tweeted a picture of him on the balcony at his home. The former Children's Laureate, whose many works include We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Little Rabbit Foo Foo and the poem Chocolate Cake, was moved out of intensive care one month ago, after "a long and difficult" 47 days.

Many well-wishers tweeted their delight at his recovery and welcomed him home.

Health authorities in Brazil have registered the second-highest daily death toll since the pandemic began.

The health ministry said on Tuesday that 1,374 deaths had been registered in the previous 24 hours.

The highest daily number of deaths registered so far was on 4 June - 1,473.

Brazil is the second-worst affected country after the United States with more than 1.1 million confirmed cases, though the real number is thought to be higher (due to insufficient testing).

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has belittled the threat posed by the virus and clashed with governors over the lockdown measures they have imposed in some states.

On Tuesday, a federal judge ordered the president to wear a mask when out in public in the capital, Brasília, or face a fine.

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New Zealand's government has come under fire after it was revealed that most people released early from the compulsory two-week quarantine on arrival were not tested before they were allowed to go.

Fifty-five residents were granted compassionate exemptions to leave isolation between 9-16 June, but only four had coronavirus tests. One of the 55 had their application withdrawn before they left quarantine, suggesting that, in total, 50 people were released from isolation without a test.

The health ministry said 39 have since tested negative for Covid-19, and four other people are being chased for tests. Four others are awaiting results, and the remainder have not been tested due to health reasons, or because they were children or had left the country.

Two new cases of coronavirus were confirmed last week, ending the country's 24-day run of no new infections.

The pair had travelled from the UK and were granted compassionate early release from quarantine to visit a dying parent. In response, the military has been put in charge of quarantine facilities.

The latest revelation has prompted criticism from opposition leader Todd Muller, who told Radio New Zealand that the quarantine system was "clearly broken".

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Police in Nigeria have rescued more than 100 people they say were locked in a rice-processing factory and forced to work throughout a coronavirus lockdown.

From the end of March the men were allegedly not allowed to leave the mill in the northern city of Kano.

The workers were promised an additional $13 (£10) a month on top of their $72 monthly salary - those who did not accept were threatened with the sack.

In some European countries, hospitals have stopped performing abortions. In others, where abortion is severely restricted, women have been unable to travel to get treatment elsewhere.

Our colleague Jean Mackenzie has been speaking to women who have resorted to backstreet abortions, and others left with no choice but to continue with unwanted pregnancies.

You may find her report upsetting.

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The UK government has published updated guidance on how hairdressers, hotels, pubs and other businesses in England can reopen safely from 4 July.

The guidance includes advice to reconfigure seating, minimise self-service, cancel live acts and stagger arrivals.

Customers will be urged to book in advance, order online or through apps, and not to lean on counters.

The updated sector-by-sector guidance, external covers a range of different workplaces, including factories, offices, shops and restaurants, and lays out the appropriate measures needed to make them "Covid-secure".

It comes the day after Boris Johnson announced sweeping changes to England's lockdown, including a relaxing of the two-metre social-distancing rule.

Pubs, restaurants and hotels are among the hospitality venues which will be allowed to reopen in England in ten days' time, alongside museums, theatres and theme parks.

But Johnson has warned all the changes are reversible if the virus were to begin to run out of control.

We have put together everything you need to know about the new rules.

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Economic forecasters believe it will be at least 18 months before Scotland makes up the output lost due to the pandemic.

The Fraser of Allander Institute said the country was now in its deepest recession in living memory.

A report from the think tank says in the most optimistic scenario it will be the end of 2021 before the economy recovers.

In the worst case scenario it could be 2024 before a "new normal" is reached.

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BBC News Thai

Dozens of activists and students gathered peacefully in Bangkok early this morning to commemorate the 88th anniversary of the 1932 Siamese Revolution, which ended nearly 800 years of absolute monarchy, defying a ban on public gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic.

They read out the People Party's first announcement which harshly criticizes the monarchy under King Rama 7. A large screen showed a hologram of revolutionary leader Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena giving the same speech 88 years ago. Similar gatherings took place in at least 12 provinces as well.

The current administration has been accused of burying the history of the revolution, a bloodless coup staged by Khana Ratsadon (the People's Party) that changed the country into a constitutional monarchy. And 24 June has emerged as a symbolic date for pro-democracy groups.

Police say they are monitoring protests as the whole country is still under a state of emergency.

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Councils in England will be given an extra £105m to support rough sleepers put up during lockdown.

An estimated 14,500 people were housed in hotels and B&Bs as coronavirus hit under the scheme known as "Everyone In".

But councils and charities had called for help to ensure people did not have to return to the streets when hotels reopen on 4 July.

We have more here.