Summary
- Australian PM Scott Morrison announces three-stage plan to reopen the country
- Step one allows 10-person gatherings, rising to 20 people, then 100
- It will, however, be up to states and territories to implement the plan
- Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes says there may be economic collapse if lockdowns continue
- Deaths are increasing quickly in Brazil but President Bolsonaro has criticised states for imposing lockdowns
- India’s operation to bring home 200,000 people home on special flights is under way
- The UK is considering some “modest” easing of lockdown measures
- France will start to relax its lockdown on Monday everywhere except Paris
- Global confirmed cases of Covid-19 stand at 3.8m with 268,000 deaths
