A round-up of today's newspublished at 19:37 British Summer Time 7 July 2020
Thanks for joining our live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic today. We're pausing our updates now until tomorrow morning - but before we go, here's a recap of today's headlines.
- Far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for the coronavirus, after months of downplaying the severity of the pandemic. Previously, he had dismissed the virus as a "little flu". While confirming his test result, he removed his mask in front of a group of reporters
- In Australia, Melbourne residents have gone back into lockdown as the border between New South Wales and Victoria has closed for the first time in a century
- In the UK, new data shows less than a quarter of people who tested positive for coronavirus reported having symptoms on the day of their test
- Also in the UK, the head of the UK's national academy of science - the Royal Society - has said face coverings should be worn in all crowded spaces. Currently, they're only compulsory on public transport in England and Scotland
- And the UK government has rejected calls for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to apologise after he said "too many care homes didn't really follow procedures" over coronavirus
- As cases surge in the US's southern states, ICUs in 57 Florida hospitals have hit full capacity. Many US states have put plans to reopen on hold
- Israel's director of public health, Siegal Sadetzki, resigned after a sharp rise in cases in the country. He criticised the government and said it had lifted lockdown restrictions too quickly
- A new study from Spain has cast doubt on the theory that "herd immunity" can protect populations from the virus
- A BBC investigation found that two life-saving drugs used to treat Covid-19 patients in India are in short supply, and are being sold at excessive prices on the black market
- Meanwhile, the UN warns that diseases will keep leaping from animals to humans if we don't take action to protect the environment
- There have now been more than 11.6 million confirmed cases of the virus and almost 540,000 deaths worldwide.