New Zealand, which reported no active
cases for the first time since Covid-19 arrived in the country,
said all coronavirus measures will be lifted from Tuesday,
barring border closure restrictions.
DEATHS AND INFECTIONS
* More than 7 million people have been reported infected
with the coronavirus globally and 403,338 have died, a Reuters
tally showed as of 04.37 GMT on Monday.
EUROPE
* British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning to relax
rules on outdoor dining and weddings, as well as speed up
government investment plans to limit the economic damage from
the coronavirus, newspapers reported on Saturday.
* Scotland and Northern Ireland reported no new deaths from
the coronavirus in the past 14 hours, authorities said on
Sunday, while in the United Kingdom, the death toll rose by 77
to 40,542 as of 1600 GMT on June 6.
* Pope Francis warned Italians to not let their guard down
against Covid-19 and urged them to obey government rules on
social distancing and wearing masks.
AMERICAS
* Brazil removed from public view months of data on its
Covid-19 epidemic on Saturday, as President Jair Bolsonaro
defended delays and changes to official record-keeping of the
world's second-largest coronavirus outbreak.
* The death toll in Canada edged up by 0.9% to 7,773 from
7,703 on Saturday, further evidence that the worst of the
pandemic has passed.
* Chile revised its death toll sharply higher on Sunday,
adding fatalities from databases that previously had not been
included.
* Mexico, which reported 3,484 new cases and 188 additional
fatalities, remains at the highest level of contagion alert
going into the second week of its phased return to normal.
* Honduras has extended a curfew by one week through June
14.
* Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said 18
employees at his office and on his security detail have tested
positive.
ASIA-PACIFIC
* Malaysia will lift most restrictions on businesses on
Wednesday, including a ban on travel between its states,
although its international borders will remain closed.
* New Delhi on Sunday ordered many hospital beds to be
reserved for residents of the Indian capital.
* Shanghai Junshi Biosciences has started an early-stage
study in China to test a potential antibody treatment against
the new coronavirus in uninfected people.
* Rock fans in Thailand watched their favourite bands play
via Zoom on Sunday as a live music festival went online.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
* South Africa has agreed on a daily fee of up to 16,000
rand ($950) for Covid-19 patients that get treated in critical
care beds in private hospitals. It includes the cost of using
the bed, paying a team of specialists and additional services.
* Total cases in Saudi Arabia exceeded 100,000 on Sunday as
the kingdom struggles to get to grips with a rise in new
infections over the past 10 days.
ECONOMIC FALLOUT
* Global shares edged higher after a surprise recovery in
US employment provided cause for optimism that economies could
quickly revive after many weeks of lockdowns.
* The US economy unexpectedly added jobs in May after
suffering record losses in the prior month, offering the
clearest signal that the downturn triggered by the Covid-19
pandemic was over, though the road to recovery could be long.
* Portugal economy is expected to shrink by nearly 7% this
year due to effects of the coronavirus, the government said.