Coronavirus - 10th May

Summary for Sunday, 10th May

• In South Korea, renewed restrictions are imposed after a series of transmissions linked to Seoul's leisure district
  
• President Moon says the nation should "brace for the pandemic's second wave" even as it cautiously reopens
  
• UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will outline plans on Sunday evening to ease the country's lockdown
  
• Former President Barack Obama describes the US response to the coronavirus crisis as "an absolute chaotic disaster"
  
• France records its lowest daily number of coronavirus deaths for more than a month, with 80 in 24 hours
  
• Cases in Ghana jump by nearly 30% in a single day, as 500 workers at an industrial facility test positive
  
• Tesla boss Elon Musk threatens to move operations of his electric car firm away from California because of virus curbs
  
• Global confirmed cases of Covid-19 have passed 4 million, with more than 277,000 deaths
  

Four million confirmed Covid-19 cases - global round-up

Welcome to Sunday's live coronavirus coverage. Here are some of the latest global developments.

• More than four million cases of coronavirus have been confirmed around the world, according to data collated by Johns Hopkins University
  
• The mayor of South Korean capital Seoul closed the city's bars and clubs on Saturday after a cluster of new cases just days after the country began reopening. On Sunday South Korea reported 34 new cases - its highest daily total in a month
  
• Former US President Barack Obama strongly criticised his successor Donald Trump over the US response to the coronavirus crisis, calling it "an absolute chaotic disaster"
  
• Three key US officials guiding the coronavirus response, including Dr Anthony Fauci, were in self-quarantine on Saturday after coming into contact with someone who tested positive
  
• New South Wales, Australia’s biggest state, will allow cafes and restaurants, playgrounds and outdoor pools to reopen on Friday.
  
• UFC 249 - the first major US sports event since the shutdown - took place in Jacksonville, Florida behind closed doors.
  

South Korea fears second wave after spike in new cases

The usually bustling streets of Itaewon were deserted on Saturday


A cluster of new coronavirus cases in South Korea has forced the closure of bars and clubs across its capital city, amid fears of a second wave of infections as the country cautiously emerges from lockdown.
South Korea reported 34 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, the biggest daily rise in a month, bringing the total number of infections to 10,874.
The country had acted swiftly to bring its initial outbreak under control, and was widely regarded as a success story because of its aggressive containment strategy.
But on Saturday, just days after restrictions were relaxed, the mayor of Seoul ordered all bars and clubs in the city to be shut, citing fears of an “explosion of infections”.
The new spike in cases are linked to a 29-year-old man who went on a night out in Seoul's popular Itaewon district last weekend.
Now health authorities are scrambling to trace and test an estimated 1,510 people who visited the same venues as the man.
On Sunday, President Moon Jae-in said the new cluster of infections had "raised awareness that even during the stabilisation phase, similar situations can arise again anytime".
In a speech, the president said the country must not lower its guard to the virus, adding: “It’s not over until it’s over”.
Read more: How lives changed to beat the virus in South Korea

Johnson to unveil alert system - UK developments

A Covid-19 alert system is set to be launched by the government in England to track the virus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce on Sunday.
It is understood the system - with alerts ranging from green (level one) to red (level five) - will be similar to the one used to keep the public informed about the terror threat level.
Johnson is also expected to unveil a new slogan, telling the public to "stay alert, control the virus, save lives" when he gives a televised address updating the nation on the progress of lockdown measures.
"Stay alert" - which replaces "stay home" was criticised by some ahead of Sunday's announcement for being vague and unsuitable for tackling transmission of a virus.
Johnson is not expected to provide dates for when the current lockdown restrictions - first announced on 23 March - will change.
In other UK news:

• More than 70 public figures are calling for a full independent public inquiry into deaths from Covid-19 among people from ethnic minority backgrounds.
  
• The government has admitted sending about 50,000 coronavirus tests to the US last week for processing after "operational issues" in UK labs.
  
• Decisions on which shops reopen after lockdown should be based on safety, not their size or business type, the British Retail Consortium has said.
  

UK forced to send 50,000 samples to US for testing

The UK government has admitted sending about 50,000 coronavirus tests to the US last week for processing after "operational issues" in UK labs.
The Department of Health said sending swabs abroad was among the contingencies to deal with "teething problems".
The samples were airlifted to the US in chartered flights from Stansted Airport, the Sunday Telegraph reported..
Results will be validated in the UK and sent to patients as soon as possible, officials said.
Read more here.

Senior taskforce member Fauci in self-quarantine

Dr Anthony Fauci has spoken at news conferences held by the Trump Administration during the pandemic

Dr. Anthony Fauci and two other members of the White House's coronavirus task force have self-quarantined after they came in contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus.
Fauci, 79, tested negative for Covid-19 and will continue to be tested regularly, according to a spokesperson for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, where he is a director.
Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who is 68, "will be teleworking for the next two weeks" after a "low-risk exposure" on Wednesday to a person at the White House who has the disease, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing a spokesman.
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn, who is 60, is in self-quarantine for a couple of weeks after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, an FDA spokesman told Reuters.

Obama calls US response a 'chaotic disaster'

Former US president Barack Obama called the US response to the coronavirus pandemic a "chaotic disaster" in a private conference call reported by CNN.
Obama has largely observed an unwritten rule of US presidents not criticising their successors, but he has occasionally spoken out against President Trump, as have a number of other former presidents.
"It would have been bad even with the best of government," Obama was quoted as saying on the call.
"It has been an absolute chaotic disaster when that mindset of 'what's in it for me' and 'to heck with everybody else', when that mindset is operationalised in our government."
Obama also strongly criticised the decision to drop criminal chargesagainst former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
Read more

Elon Musk vows to move Tesla factory

A row over the reopening of Tesla’s electric car factory in California amid the coronavirus pandemic has escalated, after billionaire boss Elon Musk said the company would move it's headquarters out of the state.
Musk had planned to restart limited production at the factory in San Francisco on Friday, but Alameda County, where the car plant is based, told the firm it must not reopen for health reasons.
Musk, who has been heavily criticised for repeatedly expressing opposition to public health lockdown guidelines, reacted furiously on Twitter.
"Frankly, this is the final straw. Tesla will now move its HQ and future programs to Texas/Nevada immediately," the CEO tweeted on Saturday.
Read more: Elon Musk vows to move Tesla factory in lockdown row

Airline industry braced for 14-day quarantine announcement

Airline industry bodies have warned the government that a compulsory 14-day quarantine on people travelling into the UK - expected to be announced on Sunday - could cripple the industry.
The measures will reportedly see travellers instructed to provide an address at which they will quarantine, with heavy fines among punishments for anyone found breaking the rule.
A spokesperson for Airlines UK, which represents airlines including British Airways and EasyJet, said the measure would "kill international travel" to the UK.
Karen Dee, the chief executive of the Airport Operators Association, said it would "not only have a devastating impact on the UK aviation industry, but also on the wider economy".
The Times newspaper, which first reported the proposal, said the aim was to avoid a second surge of coronavirus. Critics say the measure is only effective when the destination country has a very low number of domestic cases. Britain currently has the highest number of daily cases in Europe.
The measures are reportedly likely to come into effect in early June.

Threat level at four out of five - UK minister

The UK is currently at four out of five on the government's new alert system designed to judge the threat from coronavirus, according to UK Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick.
Level five is the worst.
"Our aspiration is to bring that down as swiftly as we can to three," Jenrick told Sky News. "At each of those milestones we will be in a position to reopen up more aspects of the economy and our lives," he said.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to give a televised address on Sunday evening updating the nation on the progress of lockdown measures.
Read more on the new alert system.

Met police group criticises 'wishy washy' government instructions

The government's pandemic response has been "wishy-washy", a body representing police officers in London has told BBC Radio 4, amid concerns that the public has begun ignoring lockdown restrictions.
Metropolitan Police Federation chairman Ken Marsh said authorities "needed to be firmer right from the beginning".
"Had we been very stringent from the off - it is painful, but it’s not overly painful in terms of what you’re actually being asked to do - then I think we would have a better result now," Marsh said.

Scotland rejects new UK coronavirus slogan

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she will not use the UK government's new slogan, "Stay alert, control the virus, protect lives."
Sturgeon said her government was not consulted about the change. "The Sunday papers is the first I’ve seen of the PM’s new slogan," she wrote on Twitter.
"It is of course for him to decide what’s most appropriate for England, but given the critical point we are at in tackling the virus, #StayHomeSaveLives remains my clear message to Scotland at this stage."
The new slogan, which replaces "Stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives", has been criticised by some for being vague and unsuitable for tackling transmission of a virus.

Three children die of virus-linked illness in New York

A mysterious illness believed to be linked to Covid-19 has killed three children in New York state, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.
The governor described the illness as a “new” syndrome that caused inflammation of blood vessels, leading to possible heart problems.
Cuomo said health authorities were reviewing 73 similar cases of children across the state.
Many of the children did not display symptoms commonly associated with Covid-19 but later tested positive for the disease or the antibodies it produces.
The three deaths may indicate the virus poses a more severe risk to young people than previously thought, Cuomo said.

Trump 'almost reckless' in promoting anti-malarial drug

US President Donald Trump was “almost reckless” in promoting an untested anti-malarial drug as a possible treatment for coronavirus, a senior UK government adviser has said.
Trump regularly referred to the potential of hydroxychloroquine during White House coronavirus briefings.
But Professor Peter Horby, who chairs the committee advising the UK government on virus threats, told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday: "The jury is completely out on hydroxychloroquine.”
Horby said the drug had “well-known side effects - there are cases of people poisoning themselves".
There was "a reasonable chance we will find some drugs that work – perhaps this year," he said.

Australian police arrest 10 anti-lockdown protesters

Police have arrested 10 people at a protest against lockdown restrictions in the Australian state of Victoria.
About 150 people flouted social-distancing rules to hold a demonstration outside the state parliament in Melbourne on Sunday.
Police the protesters could be fined up to AU$1,600 (US$1,045; £843) for breaching the restrictions.
Australia is gradually easing its nationwide lockdown measures as part of a plan to move to a "Covid-safe economy" by July.
But Victoria has delayed relaxing restrictions after an outbreak linked to a slaughterhouse in Melbourne led to a spike in new cases.
Sunday’s protest was similar to those seen in the US, Brazil and other countries, where people have been taking to the streets in defiance of social-distancing measures.
Read more: What's behind the US demonstrations?

Russia’s cases pass 200,000

Russia has recorded 11,012 new cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing its total number of infections to 209,688.
A further 88 coronavirus-related deaths were reported in the country on Sunday, taking the total to 1,915, health authorities said.
Cases in Russia have been rising by more than 10,000 a day over the past week. Officials have partly attributed the increase to mass testing.
Russia has the fifth-highest number of cases in the world after the UK (216,525), Italy (218, 268), Spain (223,578) and the US (1,309,541), according to data collated by Johns Hopkins University. The country's reported mortality rate, however, remains relatively low.
Read more: Russian hospital staff 'working without masks'

UK shadow minister condemns slogan change

The UK's Labour opposition has criticised the government's new coronavirus slogan, which replaces 'stay at home' with 'stay alert'.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to confirm the new message - "Stay alert, control the virus, save lives" - later on Sunday.
Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday: "When you’re dealing with public health you need absolute clarity from government about what the advice is.
"The problem with the new message is many people will be puzzled by it - they won’t understand what we mean by stay alert."
The Welsh and Scottish governments have said they will stick with the current "stay home, protect the NHS, save lives" slogan.
UK Communities Minister Robert Jenrick defended the change, saying it was "right to "update and broaden" the message.
"Stay alert will mean stay alert by staying home as much as possible," he told Andrew Marr.

Premier League clubs set to discuss terms of restart

Monday could be crunch time for English Premier League clubs, when they meet to discuss 'Project Restart' - how the league will conclude its 2019-20 season.
There are 92 games still to be played and it is expected they will held at neutral venues in order to reduce the chances of fans gathering nearby.
Watford, Brighton and Aston Villa have said they are opposed to the idea of using neutral venues.
Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, Steve Parrish, the Crystal Palace chairman, said: "There are no easy answers, we have to work through it as a collective and I think we will and come out with a consensus in the end."
It was expected there would be a formal vote on Project Restart on Monday, but the vote has been delayed.

• Project Restart: Your questions answered
  

Concern after Germany’s virus reproduction rate rises

The reproduction rate of the virus in Germany has risen above one, causing concern days after some restrictions were eased.
The country's "R-value" - the average number of people a patient will infect - is now 1.1, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for disease control said.
Coronavirus infections increase exponentially if the reproduction rate is above one.
“The increase of the reproduction number R necessitates a close monitoring of the situation in the coming days,” the RKI said in a bulletin.
On Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany's goal of slowing the spread of the coronavirus had been achieved, meaning lockdown restrictions could be gradually relaxed.
For more on the importance of the reproduction rate, read this analysis by BBC health correspondent James Gallagher.

Public is being fed 'number theatre' by government

The UK public is being fed "number theatre" by the government instead of "genuine information", a leading statistician from the University of Cambridge told the BBC on Sunday.
David Spiegelhalter criticised the government's daily briefing, saying "seems to be co-ordinated really much more by a Number 10 communications team" rather than led by experts.
"I just wish the data was being brought together and presented by people who really knew its strengths and limitations and could treat the audience with some respect," he said.
Spiegelhalter wrote an article for the Guardian in April which has been quoted by government ministers when they argue against comparing Britain's high death rate to other nations.
But earlier this week he tweeted to ask ministers to stop citing his article.
He told the BBC's Andrew Marr: “What I was talking about was the comparisons between the bad countries in Europe such as UK, France Italy, Belgium - I was not saying we can’t make any comparisons at all.
“Clearly it is important to note that we as a group are way above Germany, Portugal, Norway, who have low mortality rates.
“What happened in this country was not inevitable," he said.

How South Korea 'crushed' the curve

South Korea was once a Covid-19 hotspot but was hailed for its response to the virus - using technology and testing to avoid a total lockdown.
The country, which has a similar sized capital to the UK, relied on a test-and-trace policy to fight its initial outbreak.
Pairing its emergency text alert system with CCTV footage, the government managed to identify carriers and notify people who were in recent contact with them.
On Sunday, days after easing some social distancing restrictions, South Korea reported 34 new cases - the highest daily rise in weeks. Many of those were linked to a cluster in popular nightlife district in the capital, Seoul.
South Korea's total death toll so far is just 256.
Watch Laura Bicker's report below.

Seoul nightlife spot a 'ghost town’ after clubs close

Earlier we reported that South Korea had seen a spike in new coronavirus cases linked to a Itaewon - a popular nightlife district in the capital Seoul.
The area was unusually empty on Saturday after the mayor ordered bars and clubs to close. Many venues displayed signs reading "temporarily closed".
"The district has turned into a complete ghost town," a restaurant owner told South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency. "Normally this is supposed to be the busiest time of the day. Now, there's not a single customer."
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said the country must not let its guard down to the virus after 34 new cases were reported on Sunday, the biggest daily rise in a month.
Read more: How South Korea 'crushed' the curve

We will adapt tracking app if needed - UK minister

50,000 people in the Isle of Wight have downloaded an app to track the spread of coronavirus

UK Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick has said the UK is not developing a second ‘test, track and trace’ app, in case the one currently being piloted in the Isle of Wight fails.
Jenrick told the BBC on Sunday: "As far we are aware we are not developing a second app - we are learning lessons from the other apps that exist elsewhere in the world and if we need to change our app, we will do."
The UK's tracing app is being tested on 50,000 people on the Isle of Wight, a small island off the south coast of England.
Jenrick also acknowledged that the situation in UK care homes was "extremely challenging", but he said the government had a "clear strategy".
He said no one would be allowed to go to a care home unless they were free of the virus, and that staff and residents would be tested even if they did not display symptoms.

Spain reports lowest daily death toll in two months

Spain has reported its lowest daily death toll in two months, as it emerges from strict lockdown restrictions.
The health ministry says 143 people died over a 24-hour period, taking Spain's total number of deaths to 26,621.
It is the lowest daily figure since 18 March, two days into the lockdown. The peak was reached on 2 April, with 950 deaths.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday that large parts of country, covering 51% of the population, would begin "phase one" of a four-step lockdown transition on Monday.
Restaurants and bars will be able to serve customers outside and shops selling non-essential items can open. Private gatherings of 10 people or fewer can also be held.
Madrid, Barcelona and the other badly-affected regions do not currently meet the criteria for similar measures, so will have to wait at least another week to move to "phase one".

UK deaths 'could exceed 100,000 if lockdown relaxed too quickly'

Scientific advisers to the UK government have reportedly warned that the country could suffer more than 100,000 deaths by the end of the year if lockdown measures are relaxed too quickly.
The Sunday Times reports that the government was warned about the potential death toll early last week, with an unnamed scientific adviser telling he newspaper: “There is very limited room for manoeuvre”.
PM Boris Johnson will make a speech to the nation on Sunday evening and is expected to set out a "roadmap" for easing the restrictions.
While the government is giving little away about what may be announced, here are some of the things to look out for.

US mixed martial arts event held in empty venue

The US saw its first major sporting event since March on Saturday when UFC 249 was held in Jacksonville, Florida.
The popular mixed martial arts spectacle, which featured several fights, is usually played out in packed arenas - but Saturday's competition was closed to the public and only televised.
There were, however, confirmed coronavirus cases on the eve of the event. Brazilian middleweight Jacare Souza and his two cornermen tested positive, forcing the fighter to withdraw.
UFC 249 still went ahead with strict health and safety protocols were in place inside the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena.
Read about UFC's return here.

Latest updates from the UK

It's lunchtime here in the UK, where many people are awaiting Boris Johnson's speech this evening when he will set out the next steps in England's response to the virus. It's been a busy morning - here is a round-up of the main developments:

• An alert system to rank the threat level of the virus in England is set to be launched by the government. The prime minister is expected to unveil the system, as part of his address to the nation at 19:00 BST
  
• The PM also introduced a new slogan telling the public to "stay alert, control the virus, save lives" - a change in messaging from "stay at home". However, the devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have said the "stay at home" advice will remain in place
  
• More than 70 public figures are calling for a full independent public inquiry into deaths from Covid-19 among people from ethnic minority backgrounds.
  
• The government has admitted sending about 50,000 coronavirus tests to the US last week for processing after "operational issues" in UK labs
  
• Decisions on which shops reopen after lockdown should be based on safety, not their size or business type, the British Retail Consortium has said
  
• Religious leaders have warned that social distancing will be impossible in some places of worship if government ministers allow them to reopen
  

Lagos lockdown could be reinstated

The governor of Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, has warned that coronavirus lockdown measures could be reinstated if its citizens continue to flout social distancing rules.
On Monday, Nigeria decided to ease restrictions, following a five-week lockdown in Lagos and the country's capital, Abuja.
But Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, wrote on Twitter that it was disappointing to see crowds of people at banks and markets across Lagos state ignoring the ban on public gatherings.
Nigeria has confirmed almost 4,000 infections and 117 deaths from Covid-19.
Lagos has been particularly hard hit and the daily increase in recorded cases has doubled in the past few days.

Infection rate rises in Germany as lockdown eases
Just days after Angela Merkel loosens restrictions, the virus reproduction rate rises above 1.
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Hundreds flee South Sudan after rebel attacks

Will Ross - Africa editor, BBC World Service
Reports from South Sudan say that around 250 refugees have arrived from the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, after fleeing attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army - a rebel force originally from Uganda.
The border between South Sudan and the DR Congo is officially closed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
A local official in Western Equatoria State said the South Sudanese military had been deployed to offer protection.
The UN refugee agency, which is helping the new arrivals, says they are all in quarantine for two weeks.

Wuhan reports first new case in weeks

Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus outbreak started, has reported its first new case of Covid-19 for more than a month.
The case is one of 14 new infections reported by China’s National Health Commission. The patient, a 89-year-old man, is in critical condition and had previously been asymptomatic before testing positive, local media reported.
The man's local residential community has been put under tight restrictions following the diagnosis, according to the reports.
China has reported a total of 82,901 cases and 4,633 deaths from Covid-19. Tight lockdown restrictions appear to have brought the spread under control.

Compulsory UK vaccines and other rumours fact-checked

  Reality Check
This week we've been fact-checking widely shared dubious coronavirus claims.
One video claims that changes introduced in UK law give the government the power to enforce vaccinations as a result of the outbreak, but this is not true - vaccines are not compulsory.
It has also been suggested that the pandemic is a "plandemic" - a planned event that has been "manipulated" in a laboratory. There is no scientific evidence to support this claim.
Another video of a doctor from Paraguay claims a substance known as "miracle mineral supplement" (MMS) can help prevent Covid-19, but it contains a harmful bleaching agent.
Keep up to date with BBC Reality Check here.

Belgium allows ‘social bubbles’ as lockdown eases

Belgium is allowing every household to invite up to four guests to their home from Sunday, as part of the country’s strategy to ease coronavirus restrictions.
Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès announced the plan to allow “social bubbles” last week, noting that separation from friends and family had become “unbearable” for some.
But Belgian police have said plan will be impossible to enforce.
On Friday, government’s Covid-19 spokesman Steven Van Gucht urged people to “think very carefully about which household you want to meet”.
“Preferably, choose one family or one household you meet, and stay within that fixed bubble,” Van Gucht said.
Other countries, including the UK, are reportedly considering similar moves to allow people to expand their social groups.
Read more: Is it too early to expand our 'social bubbles'?

England announces 178 more hospital deaths

The NHS has announced another 178 deaths in England of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths in English hospitals to 23,150.
There have been another 10 confirmed deaths in Scotland, 12 more in Wales, and five in Northern Ireland.
The UK-wide figure, which also includes deaths in care homes and the community, will be announced later.
Experts have previously warned against over-interpreting daily figures of people dying with Covid-19 in the UK, since they often reflect reporting delays.
Spikes or dips may in part reflect bottlenecks in the reporting system, rather than real changes in the trend.
Many hospitals will not report deaths that happened over the weekend until the middle of the following week.

Everything you need to know about the PM's speech

UK prime minister Boris Johnson is expected to make a speech this evening outlining the next steps in England's response to the virus.

What will Johnson say?

We don't know for certain yet, but we can expect him to announce the launch of an alert system for tracking coronavirus in England.

We're likely to hear an update on the five tests the government said must be met before the lockdown can be lifted.
We're likely to hear an update on the five tests the government said must be met before the lockdown can be lifted.
He's also bound to say "stay alert, control the virus, save lives" - the government's new slogan to replace the current "stay home, protect the NHS, save lives".
It's worth emphasising that Johnson's address will focus on England - most decisions related to coronavirus and the lockdown in other parts of the UK are made by the devolved administrations.
Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have already decided to stick with the present slogan, and the UK government's new one has already come in for criticism.
Elsewhere, there are still a lot of unanswered questions about life in the weeks ahead. From schools to masks, travel, and the economy, read our full rundown on what to look out for in the PM's speech here.
What time is it on?
His address will be broadcast at 19:00 BST.
How can I follow it?

• Watch on BBC One, BBC Scotland, BBC News Channel or here on the live page
  
• Read our online coverage on the BBC News website or on the app (download for Apple devices here, and for Android products here)
  
• Listen on Radio 4 or Radio 5 Live. Some of our local radio stations will also air analysis and reaction
  

'No clarity' from government on 14-day quarantine for arrivals

We're getting a bit more reaction from the airline industry to the government's reported plan to impose a 14-day quarantine for most people arriving in the UK.
Airlines UK, the trade body for UK-registered airlines, said there was "no clarity on the detail" in a call with the government aviation minister this morning.
Speaking to the BBC, a spokesperson from Airlines UK said: "Ministers are effectively telling people they can no longer travel for the foreseeable future and airlines will respond to that by grounding their operations - and that is why they require urgent additional government support to get through this growing crisis.
"We all - including government - need to adapt to the new normal but closing off air travel in this way is not the way to achieve this."
The new rules are expected to come into effect at the end of May.

Sturgeon: Rules in Scotland 'have not changed'

Scotland's First Minister has asked the UK government not to deploy its new "stay alert" messaging in her country, saying people should "stay at home full stop".
Nicola Sturgeon announced a minor change to lockdown measures - namely removing the limit to exercising once a day - but said they "mustn't squander the progress" by "easing up too soon" or sending out "mixed messages".
Asked about the new government messaging, she said she didn't "understand what stay alert means".
She confirmed she had taken part in a COBR emergency meeting with Boris Johnson this afternoon, and said that we may hear the PM "announce other immediate changes" in his speech tonight.
"But for the avoidance of doubt, let me be clear, rules here have not changed [in Scotland]," she added.

Sturgeon critical of reading UK PM's plans in newspapers

Nicola Sturgeon also appeared to criticise Boris Johnson for not filling her in about his plans before they appeared in the Sunday papers.
Scotland's First Minister said she remained "committed to the closest possible co-operation" with the UK government, and she had "no interest in politics when it comes to tackling this virus".
But, she added: "Consultation and alignment of messages remains really important.
"We should not be reading of each others' plans for first time in newspapers."
Ms Sturgeon said she had not seen the full details of what Mr Johnson would announce tonight, so she could not say if the Scottish government would follow suit. But she said that after talking to the PM, she believed there was a "pragmatic acceptance we may move at different speeds" across the UK.
And the only change the Scottish government "judges is safe to make right now without risking a rapid resurgence of virus" was on exercise.
"My basic message for Scotland remains the same as it has been - please stay at home."

South Koreans fear stigma for ‘super-spreader’ contacts

Hyung Eun Kim - BBC Korea
The recent spike of Covid-19 cases related to a clubber in Seoul's leisure district is disheartening.
Many people here are comparing the clubber to "patient 31", the single "super-spreader" from a religious cult who caused a rapid rise in cases near the start of the outbreak.
But there is another reason for concern.
The venues the clubber visited include LGBT bars. In homophobic South Korea, some fear that those who made contact with him may be hesitant to get tested. The fear of stigmatisation and discrimination could worsen the spike in cases.
The saving grace here, perhaps, is that we’re past the peak of pandemic. We've enjoyed some zero-case days, allowing ourselves to dream that things would return to normal.
Most importantly, we know how we did it: washing hands, wearing masks, avoiding crowds and all that. We know stigmatisation and discrimination didn’t help us quash the outbreak.
Read more: How lives changed to beat the virus in South Korea

UK PM pre-recorded 'some of speech' before meetings

There have been whispers - and criticisms - in Westminster that Boris Johnson had recorded some of his speech on Friday or Saturday, rather than waiting for the outcome of discussions he is due to have today with ministers, advisers, and devolved governments.
BBC political correspondent Ben Wright spoke to a Downing Street source, who confirmed that some parts of the statement were recorded yesterday.
But the source said the rest was being done today, saying no significance should be attached to the timing as it was normal for a statement to be recorded in this way.

Scottish government to look at easing more measures

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon also revealed other areas of lockdown that the Scottish government would be considering this week.
She said she hoped to "see more evidence of a downward trend" in the spreading of the virus.
And if that was the case, the government would discuss:

• Extending the range of permissible outdoor activities
  
• Whether garden centres can reopen
  
• Whether some additional forms of outdoor work could be carried out
  
• The possibility of waste and recycling centres re-opening
  

Ms Sturgeon promised to update the public on any decisions next weekend.
However, on schools, she said she did not expect them to re-open as early as 1 June, as some have suggested.

What's the latest in the US and Canada?

US deaths are nearing 80,000, the country’s unemployment rate has risen to 14.7% and President Trump has tweeted nearly 40 times this morning, giving his administration “great marks” for his handling of the pandemic.
So what else is happening in the US and Canada today?

• Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he is not “counting on the White House” as his state looks to expand testing and contact tracing. “We’re going it alone, as the White House has left all states to do,” he told CNN.
  
• Chicago - Illinois' largest city - has continued to face stubbornly high case numbers. Cook County, which includes Chicago, ranks fourth countrywide in number of virus deaths
  
• An adviser said work at the White House remains risky, after Vice-President Mike Pence’s press secretary tested positive on Friday. “Even with all the testing in the world and the best medical team on earth, it’s a relatively cramped place,” Kevin Hassett said on CNN
  
• Dr Anthony Fauci, the public face of the fight against the virus in the US, is among several top advisers to enter self-isolation after the possible exposure
  
• A meat-processing plant in Quebec - the epicentre of Canada’s outbreak - has shut down after a virus outbreak. The Cargill plant says that 64 employees have the disease, roughly 13% of the facility's workers. Similar outbreaks in US processing plants have led to a major meat shortage.
  
• Elementary schools in western Quebec are set to reopen on Monday, though attendance will be optional
  

A further 269 deaths across UK

A further 269 people who have tested positive coronavirus have died across the UK.
This brings the total number of deaths from those who have tested positive for the disease in the UK to 31,855.
The figures count deaths in hospitals, care homes and the community.
Spikes or dips may in part reflect bottlenecks in the reporting system, as many hospitals will not report deaths that happened over the weekend until the middle of the following week.

How infection rates vary across the UK

David Shukman - Science editor, BBC News
Politicians keep talking about the “R number” - the rate at which people spread coronavirus.
To avoid a new surge, we need to stay below 1.0 - meaning anyone infected is only passing it to one other so there’s no escalation.
The figure across the UK is estimated at 0.6-0.9 - down from about 3.0 in March.
But that hides some differences across the country.
The Scottish government believes its “R” is somewhere between 0.7-1.0, a slightly higher range than for the UK as a whole.
In Wales the estimate is 0.8-0.9 and there’s the same calculation for Northern Ireland, leading each devolved administration to form its own judgement about easing the lockdown.
Also, these numbers are not only estimates. The most reliable indicator should come next week when the Office for National Statistics published the first results of a survey of the virus in the population.

UK misses testing target for eighth day in row

The UK government has failed to meet its target of 100,000 daily tests for the eighth day in a row.
The Department of Health and Social Care says 92,837 tests were provided in the 24 hours to 09:00 BST on Sunday - down from 96,878 the day before.
It has only met the target twice.
Earlier, the government admitted sending about 50,000 coronavirus tests to the US last week for processing after "operational issues" in UK labs.

Italian jail scheme reviewed over mob releases

Danny Aeberhard - Europe analyst, BBC World Service
Italy's government has been forced to rethink a scheme intended to help protect elderly or infirm prisoners from coronavirus, after it emerged mobsters had been allowed out under house arrest.
The program originally didn't differentiate between normal prisoners and those convicted of serious crime, sparking outrage. One of those freed had been involved in the murder of a child whose body was dissolved in acid.
Some had been held in isolation, and the chief anti-mafia prosecutor questioned the likelihood of them ever catching the virus.
The government is now in damage-limitation mode. All new requests from mafia and terrorist convicts were already to be reviewed, but a new announcement applies to those whose release had already been granted previously.
Justice Minister Alfonso Bonafede said such prisoners taking advantage of the coronavirus emergency to get out of jail was an insult to victims and their families.

Scientist calls UK government media strategy 'unhelpful'

A leading scientist advising on coronavirus has called the UK government's media strategy "deeply unhelpful" for getting information to the public.
Behavioural expert Professor Susan Michie - a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) - told the PA news agency:
"It is deeply unhelpful to trail an important communication event with bits and pieces of messages coming out in inevitably inconsistent ways."
Front pages on Thursday suggested an easing of restrictions would be brought in, ahead of the prime minister setting out any changes on Sunday evening.
Michie said briefing out lines to certain newspapers "raises expectations that then may be dashed, or that will shape the way the overall message is perceived so that important parts of the message, vital to saving lives, are not engaged with".
The Labour opposition and others have criticised the government throughout the crisis for briefing health strategy information to newspapers.

Eight fined in UK after birthday party

Eight people have been fined for breaking lockdown regulations after a fight broke out at a birthday party attended by 40 adults and children.
Police in Bolton, near Manchester, broke up the brawl on Saturday evening, but some of those involved refused to leave and began to deliberately cough and spit.
Seven people were detained on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly and breaching lockdown measures.
Greater Manchester Police said they were later handed fixed penalties. Another person was not arrested but fined at the scene.

18:16

The UK picture

We will be hearing from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 45 minutes about what lies ahead for England in the fight against coronavirus.
But while we wait, here is a round-up of what else has been going on across the UK on Sunday:

• The UK death toll has now reached 31,855 - including deaths in hospitals, care homes and the community - which is a rise of 269 in the past 24 hours
  
• The "stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives" slogan has been replaced with "stay alert, control the virus, save lives" in England
  
• The "stay at home" advice will remain in place in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland after leaders in the three devolved nations said Johnson had not consulted them on the new message
  
• Ministers defended the change in England, despite opposition parties criticising its “mixed messages”
  
• An alert system to rank the threat level of coronavirus in England is set to be announced by Johnson
  
• Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the only change to lockdown measures in the nation would be to allow outdoor exercise more than once a day
  
• The Department of Health has confirmed 50,000 coronavirus test samples were sent to the US earlier this week after problems in UK laboratories
  

UK medics issue legal challenge over shortage of protective gear

Health professionals in the UK have issued a legal challenge demanding an immediate inquiry into the government's failure to provide adequate protective equipment to front-line staff.
They say that action must be taken quickly so that "lessons can be learnt" from the Covid-19 crisis to help shape future responses, should the UK be hit by further waves of the virus.
A pre-action letter - sent by the Doctor's Association UK and the Good Law Project - details a list of "recurrent and systemic" failures in the supply and procurement of personal protective equipment.

New York Governor issues new guidance for nursing homes

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has laid out new rules for the state's nursing homes - where almost 5,000 people have died with Covid-19 so far.
All staff must now be regularly monitored for virus symptoms, including temperature checks every 12 hours and testing every two weeks. Hospitals can no longer discharge patients back to nursing homes unless they have tested negative .
Facilities that fail to meet the guidelines will lose their license, Cuomo says.
"That's harsh? No. Harsh is having a nursing home resident who doesn't get the appropriate care."
New York State continues to lead the US in confirmed cases and deaths, with 333,122 and 26,612, respectively.

Boris Johnson: ‘Worst case scenario was half a million fatalities’

Boris Johnson begins his speech recognising it has been “almost two months since the people of this country began to put up with restrictions on their freedom”, saying it was “of a kind that we have never seen before in peace or war”.
He thanks the public for having “shown the good sense to support those rules overwhelmingly” and “put up with all the hardships of that programme of social distancing”.
He calls the coronavirus “the most vicious threat this country has faced in my lifetime”.
Johnson adds: “And though the death toll has been tragic, and the suffering immense, and though we grieve for all those we have lost, it is a fact that by adopting those measures, we prevented this country from being engulfed by what could have been a catastrophe in which the reasonable worst case scenario was half a million fatalities.”

Johnson: Madness to allow second spike now

The prime minister says "it would be madness now" to throw away the UK's "achievements" in curbing the number of coronavirus deaths "by allowing a second spike".

Johnson offers ‘first sketch of a roadmap’

After offering more thanks to the public for protecting the NHS and “saving many thousands of lives”, the PM says it would be “madness now to throw away that achievement by allowing a second spike”.
He adds: “We must stay alert. We must continue to control the virus and save lives.”
Johnson says progress so far has “come at colossal cost to our way of life”, referencing shops, pubs, restaurants, and the “fear” people have for their livelihoods and their mental and physical wellbeing.
He says: “So I want to provide tonight - for you - the shape of a plan to address both fears.
“Both to beat the virus and provide the first sketch of a road map for reopening society.
“A sense of the way ahead, and when and how and on what basis we will take the decisions to proceed.”

Johnson: ‘General consensus on what we could do’

Boris Johnson says he will set out the plans he is announcing in Parliament and take questions from the public on Monday.
And he says before he finalised his plan, he consulted “across the political spectrum and across all four nations of the UK”.
The PM says different parts of the country are “experiencing the pandemic at different rates” and the government should be “flexible in our response”.
But, he adds: “I believe that as prime minister of the United Kingdom – Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, there is a strong resolve to defeat this together, and today a general consensus on what we could do.
“And I stress could. Because although we have a plan, it is a conditional plan.”

Johnson: England in position to move to level three

Boris Johnson says there will be five alert levels in the system, with level one meaning the disease is no longer present in the UK and level five being “the most critical – the kind of situation we could have had if the NHS had been overwhelmed”.
The PM says we have been at level four during the lockdown, but “thanks to your sacrifice we are now in a position to begin to move in steps to level three”.
However, he says “everyone will have a role to play in keeping the R down… by staying alert and following the rules.”
And he adds there are two more things to do “to keep pushing the number of infections down”.
“We must reverse rapidly the awful epidemics in care homes and in the NHS, and though the numbers are coming down sharply now, there is plainly much more to be done.
“And if we are to control this virus, then we must have a world-beating system for testing potential victims, and for tracing their contacts.”

Johnson: Not the time to end the lockdown this week

This is not the time simply to end the lockdown this week," the prime minister says.
"Instead we are taking the first careful steps to modify our measures.
"We now need to stress that anyone who can’t work from home, for instance those in construction or manufacturing, should be actively encouraged to go to work."

Johnson: People should be ‘actively encouraged’ to go to work

Boris Johnson says, as there is more to do, “this is not the time simply to end the lockdown this week”, and instead, he says the government is taking “the first careful steps to modify our measures”.
First up is going to work. The PM says people have been told to work from home if they can, but says: “We now need to stress that anyone who can’t work from home, for instance those in construction or manufacturing, should be actively encouraged to go to work.”
He says he wants it to be safe for those employees, so calls on people to “avoid public transport if at all possible”, adding: “We must and will maintain social distancing, and capacity will therefore be limited.”
The PM says: “So, work from home if you can, but you should go to work if you can’t work from home.”
He also says the government has been working to establish new guidance for employers to make workplaces safe - or “COVID-secure”.

Johnson: We have not ‘fulfilled’ all tests

Boris Johnson says if the government achieves its goal of a "world-beating system", it will be “testing literally hundreds of thousands of people every day”.
The latest government figures show testing has not reached the 100,000 a day target for the past eight days.
He claims progress on testing has been “fast”, but there is “so much more to do”.
“We are shining the light of science on this invisible killer, and we will pick it up where it strikes," he adds.
Johnson says the new alert system will be able to detect “local flare ups” and give a national picture, but, while the R number is between 0.5 and 0.9, he says it is “potentially only just below one”.
The PM adds: “And though we have made progress in satisfying at least some of the conditions I have given. We have by no means fulfilled all of them.”

Johnson: Parts of hospitality could open by July at earliest

The prime minister says some of the hospitality industry could open by July.
He says: "At the earliest by July - and subject to all these conditions and further scientific advice; if and only if the numbers support it, we will hope to re-open at least some of the hospitality industry and other public places, provided they are safe and enforce social distancing."

Johnson: ‘Some hospitality places’ could open in July

Boris Johnson says the next step could be to re-open “at least some of the hospitality industry and other public places” at the earliest by July.
He is tentative, however, saying it is “subject to all these conditions and further scientific advice”, and adding that it would only happen “if and only if the numbers support it”.
But, “provided they are safe and enforce social distancing”, the government hopes to take the step.

Plan 'will get us through second phase'

Boris Johnson pays tribute to the efforts of the country so far, praising the “patience and common sense” of the nation.
He describes the elderly as having shown “fortitude”, saying he wants to be able to end their isolation “as fast as we can”.
After praising the “bravery and hard work” of NHS staff and care workers, he also thanks other essential workers including the police, bus drivers and bin collectors, as well as the scientists working to get a vaccine.
He says “millions of everyday acts of kindness and thoughtfulness” have helped get us through the first phase, and we can use “this plan to get us through the next”.

UK ‘will be changed’ by this experience - PM

The prime minister says that if the alert level means the dates for the plan have to be adjusted “we will simply wait and go on until we have got it right”.
He says the country will come back from “this devilish illness” and will return to “robust health”.
The UK “will be changed by this experience”, he says, but he believes “we can be stronger and better than ever before”.
He signs off saying: “But for now we must stay alert, control the virus and save lives. Thank you very much.”

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Boris Johnson ends address

The prime minister has ended his address.

PM announces new Covid alert system

A new Covid alert system will be put in place in England to track the virus, the prime minister confirms.
The system will use a scale of one to five and the alert level will be "determined primarily by R and the number of coronavirus cases".
Read more about the alert system here.

So here we go, then...
Chris Mason - Political Correspondent
Seven weeks on from lockdown being imposed, what is beginning right now, tentatively - and will last for months - is the difficult, awkward, more nuanced tiptoeing back towards something that resembles normality.
Difficult because the stakes are so high, the data is imperfect, and the demands on ministers can pull them in different directions.
And on top of that is the complexity of our constitution.
Boris Johnson is the UK Prime Minister, but can only vary most of the rules associated with the lockdown in England. It is for the devolved governments in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast to make decisions on behalf of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Details of Covid Alert System

The PM reiterates the government’s five tests for ending lockdown; protecting the NHS, seeing a sustained fall in death rates, a fall in the rate of infection, sorting out “challenges” - such as procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) - and stopping the so-called R number rising up over one and causing “exponential growth” of the virus.
He says we “cannot move forward unless we satisfy the five tests”.
Johnson announces the previewed plans by launching a new “Covid Alert System” which, he says, will be run by a new Joint Biosecurity Centre.
He says the level the country is at will be determined primarily by the R number and the number of coronavirus cases, and “will tell us how tough we have to be in our social distancing measures”, namely “the lower the level, the fewer the measures, the higher the level, the tougher and stricter we will have to be”.

What is the "R number"?

James Gallagher - Health and science correspondent, BBC News
At the beginning of the year few of us had heard of the “R number”. Now it rules our lives and will dictate the pace at which lockdown is lifted.
R is the number of people, on average, each infected person is passing the virus on to. If it is less than one then the epidemic recedes. If it is over one (it was three at the start) then cases increase exponentially.
Tonight Boris Johnson said there was some uncertainty but the value was between 0.5 and 0.9.
Reflect on that a moment - it has taken the whole of lockdown and R may be only just below one. Despite the huge efforts we have all taken, coronavirus may only just be under control.
What has to happen next is for methods other than lockdown to take on the burden of controlling the number of infections.
Much attention will be focused on test, track and trace. The more that is able to suppress the R number, the easier it will be to lift more of lockdown.

Johnson announces ‘unlimited exercise’

Boris Johnson says the next step from Wednesday will be to “encourage people to take more and even unlimited amounts of outdoor exercise”.
He says: “You can sit in the sun in your local park, you can drive to other destinations, you can even play sports but only with members of your own household.”
But he warns people “must obey the rules on social distancing” and to enforce them, the fines police can give out will be increased.
Johnson says, “with ever increasing data” and being able to track progress, “if we as a nation begin to fulfil the conditions I have set out, then in the next few weeks and months we may be able to go further.”

Schools back June 1 'at earliest'

Schools will return on June 1 "at the earliest", with primary schools returning first, says Boris Johnson.

Quarantine on people coming by air

Johnson says it will "soon be the time... to impose quarantine on people coming into this country by air".

More details on possible school re-openings

The PM says he believes the first stage of “going further” will be to the phased reopening of shops and to get primary pupils back into schools.
He says school returns will be done in stages, beginning with reception, Year 1 and Year 6.
But he warns the earliest this could happen is 1 June, after half-term.
He adds: “Our ambition is that secondary pupils facing exams next year will get at least some time with their teachers before the holidays.
“And we will shortly be setting out detailed guidance on how to make it work in schools and shops and on transport.”

Quarantine plan for people flying into country

Boris Johnson says the government’s plan over the next two months will be driven by the “science, data and public health” - not “hope or economic necessity”.
He stresses that all of the changes are “conditional” – and depend on a series of “big ifs”, adding that the entire country needs to follow the advice to keep the R level down.
He says he’s serving notice that it will “soon be time” to impose quarantine on people coming into this country by air.
The PM adds that it's because the number of infections have gone down "that this measure will now be effective".

PM could ‘put on brakes’ if further outbreaks

The PM says the government “will not hesitate to put on the brakes” if there are further outbreaks of the virus.
He says the country has been through “the initial peak – but it is coming down the mountain that is often more dangerous”.
He says everyone in government “has the all-consuming pressure and challenge to save lives, restore livelihoods and gradually restore the freedoms that we need”.
“But in the end this is a plan that everyone must make work.”

Analysis: Caution and caveats

Chris Mason - Political Correspondent


The prime minister has made a career out of colourful language, elaborate metaphor, arresting imagery.
But this is something very different - laden as it is with caution and caveats. This is merely, he says, "the shape of a plan", "the first sketch of a roadmap" for how things might gradually re-open in England.
The brutal reality of this virus is there can't be specific promises, because the brakes might have to be slammed back on if there is a sudden spike in cases.

Are you really safer from coronavirus when outdoors?

David Shukman - Science editor, BBC News


There’s little research into this but most points to lower risks of infection outdoors. Droplets or particles carrying the virus should be dispersed by breezes. And if you’re walking or jogging, you’re less likely to touch infected surfaces and contaminate your face.
One study in Japan concluded that the risks were 18 times greater indoors than outside. And Chinese researchers investigating 300 different outbreaks found only one started outdoors.
But there can still be risks. Another Chinese study that traced 2000 contacts of infected people warns against “unprotected face-to-face conversations” in the open air.
And advice from the UK government about working out of doors says staff should be “facing away from each other” if not two metres apart.
But lab tests in the US found coughs could reach six metres and sneezes up to eight metres. And research in Belgium suggests the virus may be carried in a slipstream behind runners.
All of which is a reminder that outdoors or not, avoiding crowded areas still matters.

'No dramatic flinging the doors open'

Laura Kuenssberg - Political editor
This has been such a strange, terrible period for many people in this country, but the disease has started to come under control.
We have seen day-by-day the number of new cases on the way down.
That crucial infection rate has also been dropping and because of that the government has made a decision that in England it is time to move to the next phase.
That means slowly, carefully and conditionally taking some small steps towards reopening society and reopening the economy.
But the prime minister said time and again this a series of big ifs - this is certainly not some kind of dramatic flinging of the doors open.

What did we learn from Johnson's statement?

In the past half hour, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given his statement on the roadmap for the future of lockdown in England.
So what did he announce?

• A new Covid Alert System will track the virus in England
  
• The PM says it is "not the time to simply end the lockdown this week"
  
• People should now be "actively encouraged" to go to work if they cannot work from home, but they should avoid public transport
  
• From Wednesday, people in England can take "unlimited exercise", including sitting in your local park or driving to destinations for exercise
  
• Schools could return on 1 June, with primary schools opening first, but that date is the "earliest" it could happen
  
• Parts of the hospitality industry and more shops could open from July, dependent on the data
  
• People coming to the country by air will be put in quarantine
  
• Johnson says he “will not hesitate to put on the brakes” if there are further outbreaks of the virus
  

Londoners should 'stay at home as much as possible' - Khan

Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has tweeted his response to the prime minister's address tonight.
In a statement, he reiterated that Londoners should "still stay at home as much as possible" and urged them to continue to avoid public transport and work remotely if they can.
LONDON: I want to be as clear as possible: social distancing measures are still in place.

  :tweet: :Left Quotes: Sadiq Khan:
Lockdown hasn’t been lifted and we all still need to play our part in stopping the spread of #COVID19.

My statement:

Starmer: PM's statement 'lacks clarity and consensus'

The leader of the Labour Party in the UK, Sir Keir Starmer, says the prime minister’s statement lacked “clarity and consensus”.
He told the BBC: “This statement raises as many questions as it answers. We see the prospect of England, Scotland and Wales pulling in different directions, so there's a big gap here for the government to make up.”
Sir Keir says Boris Johnson appeared to be “rushing into tomorrow”, telling millions of people to go back to work “without a clear plan for safety” or “clear guidance as to how to get there without using public transport”.
He says that if he were PM, he would have “tried to build a consensus” and would have made sure - if possible - that the devolved administrations, trade unions, and community groups were “on board” and knew “exactly what was required of them.”
The Labour leader adds: “I accept a plan had to be set out, but to lack that basic clarity and consensus is a real problem.”

Analysis: Ifs and buts

Chris Mason - Political Correspondent
"It all depends on a series of big ifs," said the prime minister - which could also double as the title of his speech this evening.
So much depends on the virus and its spread.
The capacity to be definitive appears to be another victim of the virus - and we'll have to get used to that for months to come.
Clarity will be the frequent demand from many.
But providing it won't be easy.

'Baby steps' for businesses

Simon Jack - BBC Business Editor
The standout line from the PM is people who can’t work from home should be “actively encouraged” to go to work.
The truth is that many businesses have already been having people return to work in a safe way, but the real problem is people are being advised to avoid public transport if at all possible.
Which begs the question – if you rely on public transport to get to work – what message is this sending?
At the end of the day, this is about confidence – confidence on the part of employers that they’re not going to run foul of government guidelines.
Confidence on the part of workers that they feel safe, and ultimately confidence on the part of consumers that they can venture out to buy the products.
But these really are baby steps.

Analysis: PM effectively trying to pull off the impossible

Nick Triggle - Health Correspondent
The prime minister is effectively trying to pull off the impossible.
He wants to try to re-start normal life, while keeping the virus at bay with limited means to do so.
With no vaccine, the government is reliant on containing any local outbreaks.
But the problem is that even with the extra testing that has been put in place over the past month, there are big holes in the UK’s ability to suppress the virus.
It takes too long to get test results back – several days in some cases – and those most in need of regular testing, such as care home staff for example, are still reporting they cannot always access tests.
Our ability to trace the close contacts of infected people remains unknown – the piloting of the system, which involves the use of an app and army of contact tracers, has just started on the Isle of Wight.
It means we are effectively fighting this “invisible killer” with one hand behind our back.
We are not alone in struggling - similar problems are being encountered by other countries.
But we are still some way behind the best prepared and equipped, such as Germany and South Korea.

Welsh advice 'not changed', says FM

The Welsh first minister, Mark Drakeford, says his government will "continue to make decisions which are right for Wales".
After Boris Johnson's speech, the Labour politician published a video, pledging to use "information and expert advice about how coronavirus is circulating here to keep us safe".
The country's government set out "modest changes" on Friday, including allowing people to exercise more and for garden centres to open.
However, it is sticking to the "stay at home" message, rather than changing in line with the PM's new "stay alert" campaign.
"Our advice has not changed in Wales," he says.
The leader of Plaid Cymru, Adam Price, said the prime minister had "acted tonight as England’s prime minister - not a responsible one either".
He accused Johnson's message as "confusing and dangerous", and accused the UK government of "cutting itself adrift" of the three other nation's approaches.

Where are we at?

Chris Mason - Political Correspondent
There is now a gap between hearing from the prime minister tonight, and getting hold of the 50-ish page document regarding England's lockdown tomorrow.
So, here's what we've gleaned from a government official.

• Most secondary school pupils in England won't be back in a classroom until September. It is hoped those with exams next year might get to head back before the summer holidays, but there are no specifics on the timing of that
  
• Nurseries and primary schools won't re-open until the beginning of next month at the earliest. As and when they do, those in Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 will head back first
  
• From Wednesday, in England, there will be no limit on the exercise you go outside to do. You can sit in the park and read. You can sunbathe...
  
• You can meet one person from outside your own household if you stay two metres apart
  
• So, you can sit next to a single friend in the park, but you must socially distance
  
• And, you can drive to parks and beaches in England but you must socially distance when you get there
  

For those who are shielding, there is no change in the advice.

CBI welcomes 'first steps' to getting economy 'back on its feet'

The CBI says Boris Johnson's speech marks "the first glimmer of light for our faltering economy".
The business lobby group's director general, Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, says "a phased and careful return to work is the only way to protect jobs and pay for future public services", and the PM's speech set out the first steps.
But she says while businesses are keen to open and "get our economy back on its feet", they know "putting health first is the only sustainable route to economic recovery" and "the message of continued vigilance is right".
Dame Carolyn admits it will be a "long process", but calls on business, government and employee representatives to work together "as part of a national effort built on openness and trust" to get the country back on its feet.

Nicola Sturgeon urges more clarity from Johnson

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says there is “still some room for simpler, clearer messages” on how to tackle the coronavirus.
Speaking about Boris Johnson's speech, she tells the BBC she is "particularly concerned” that moving from the "stay at home" message to “something much vaguer” means the public weren’t given clear messages about what they should and shouldn’t do.
She says it is “incumbent” on the PM to make clear “more strongly than he did tonight” that he was talking about lifting restrictions for England, and not other parts of the UK.
“We really all of us have such a duty right now to be as clear as possible," adds Sturgeon.

Quarantine measures 'don't apply to France'

Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron have issued a joint statement saying quarantine measures would not apply between France and the UK "at this stage".
The UK prime minister said in his address to the nation this evening that he was "serving notice" that it would soon be the time to impose a quarantine on people coming into the country by air.
Downing Street has since issued a statement saying the leaders spoke on Sunday and agreed that "co-operation is particularly necessary for the management of our common border".
The statement said: "No quarantine measures would apply to travellers coming from France at this stage; any measures on either side would be taken in a concerted and reciprocal manner."
It comes after UK airlines said they had been told the government will bring in a 14-day quarantine for anyone arriving in the UK from any country apart from the Republic of Ireland.

What is the latest advice in England?

Leading UK trade union cautious about return to work

The general secretary of a leading union is calling on the government not to "cut corners" or "play fast and loose with employees' safety" as people are encouraged to go back to work.
Speaking after the PM's speech, the general secretary of Unison, Dave Prentis, warns: "If safety isn't paramount, then infections will increase and there'll be a second wave that risks overwhelming the NHS and social care."
He says many health, care and other key workers use trains, buses and the Tube to get to work, saying their safety "must not be compromised by crowded public transport".
And he says the government "must ensure the NHS and the care sector have guaranteed supplies of protective equipment and there's a comprehensive test, track and trace programme in place before any mass return to work".

Germany may need to bring back restrictions

Damien McGuinness - BBC News, Berlin
The latest figures appear to show that the number of Covid-19 infections in Germany may be rising faster again.
The reproduction rate has risen to 1.1, meaning 10 people will infect 11 others on average. To keep the pandemic in check this level should be below one.
This is an estimate and officials warn against reading too much into short-term changes.
But this all comes as Germany is easing restrictions in some of the most risky sectors, such as restaurants, hotels and football.
So the government will be watching closely. And if the virus is spreading more rapidly, some restrictions could be reimposed.
At the same time, the daily death toll in Germany is the lowest it’s been in more than a month. As of 9 May, Germany had recorded 7,369 deaths, a rise of 103 compared with the previous day, according to the Robert Koch Institute.

Has the UK public got used to staying at home?

Philippa Roxby - Health reporter, BBC News
Go back to work if you cannot work from home, says the PM. And do as much exercise as you like outdoors.
But how easy will it be to persuade people to leave their homes now that the advice in England has changed?
For weeks, people have been told to stay at home, to protect the NHS and save lives. They have got used to the idea that leaving their home puts themselves and others at risk of infection.
Now the slogan has changed to "stay alert".
Psychologists say it’s a “woolly message” which won’t help anxious individuals feel reassured by the next steps.
It’s possible that many will find it hard to return to work and travel distances unless they are told how safe it’s going to be.
The coming weeks will confirm just how successful this latest guidance has been.

Justification for Johnson's lockdown changes queried

The Liberal Democrats say Boris Johnson's message "risks what people have fought so hard for" in tackling the coronavirus.
The party's acting leader, Sir Ed Davey, says people across the UK "have made enormous personal sacrifices to slow the spread of Covid-19, protect others and protect our NHS and care services".
But he accuses the PM of not providing the country "with any evidence or justification for this change", adding: "Instead, he risks creating more confusion than clarity by badly communicating his government's plans."
He called on the government to "radically expand" its capacity for testing and tracing, and for Johnson to "come forward with greater transparency about the science behind these key decisions and a far better clarity in communicating what people need to do to play their part".

NI ministers meeting on Monday to discuss plan

The Northern Ireland Executive says it will "consider its plan for a phased, strategic approach to recovery" at a meeting on Monday.
First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill took part in a call on Sunday afternoon with Boris Johnson, who later unveiled his plan for reopening society.
Mrs Foster said in a statement on Sunday: "As the executive begins to finalise our plans for recovery, we need to strike the balance between continuing to protect lives and the health service and give people hope for the future.
Ms O'Neill added: "We know that six weeks into the restrictions, people need some light at the end of the tunnel."
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Chicago venue offers mini-gigs on front lawns

We've seen restaurants and breweries offering delivery services for food and drink, but a US music venue has gone a step further - a gig on your front lawn.
Space, in Evanston, Illinois - 12 miles north of Chicago - is offering 30-minute mini-concerts with local rock artist Jason Narducy, including drinks and dinner. The cost is $450 (£362).
"Outdoor activities" - not limited to exercising - are one of the exceptions allowing Illinoisans to leave their houses. The gig takes place on either a customer's front lawn or backyard.
"They’re designed for one family to enjoy," Space talent buyer Jake Samuels told the BBC. "If neighbours want to watch from their own property they’re welcome to. We are not allowing crowds to form and have signage making clear to keep distanced.
They had 60 applicants for their first five gigs on Saturday - with more planned during the week.
Samuels said: "The idea was born out of several urgent needs; to keep the lights on at the music venue, to provide work for our beloved staff and local musicians, and to continue our role as providers of joy and music for our community."

London businesses advised 'not to change plans'

A business group has advised companies in London "not to change" their plans for Monday despite the prime minister saying people who could not work from home should return to the workplace.
Richard Burge, chief executive of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said businesses should wait until the government has given them guidance on how they can prepare for ensuring their employees can commute safely to work and be kept safe in the workplace.
Mr Burge told its members: "You have not been given sufficient information on how to get your employees safely to work, nor how to keep them safe while they are there."
Boris Johnson said in his address that those who could not work from home would now be encouraged to return to work - but they should avoid using public transport to get there if possible.

India to resume train services

The Indian Railway ministry says it will partially restart passenger train services from 12 May, as the government eases restrictions imposed due to the pandemic.
Special trains will run from Delhi to a number of cities next week and services will then be gradually increased.
The government stopped air, train and bus services with four hours notice in late March, stranding millions of people across the country.
Officials say it will be mandatory for the passengers to wear masks and undergo screening at departure terminals.

Police chief: We need crystal clear guidance not loose rules

John Apter, the national chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, says the work of the police must be based on "crystal clear guidance, not loose rules that are left open to interpretation".
Apter calls on the government must provide "clear and unambiguous messaging and guidance", adding that any lack of clarity "will be grossly unfair on officers whose job is already challenging".
He says the UK government's changes in England follow "a week of mixed messages and the release of some information which, fuelled by media speculation, meant many people acted as though the lockdown had already ended".
"If the message of what is expected of the public is not clear, then it will make the job of policing this legislation almost impossible," he says.

Tourism bosses 'shocked' by PM's plan

Tourism bosses in Cumbria have said they are "shocked" by the "timing and short notice" of Boris Johnson's announcement.
Cumbria's tourism board tweeted: "We are awaiting further details but the safety of residents must come first. For now, tourism businesses in Cumbria remain closed and we urge everyone to continue to stay home."
As part of the PM's plans to reopen society, he said from Wednesday people in England would now be able to leave home as many times as they wish for exercise and drive to other destinations in the country for exercise.
People have previously been warned to avoid travelling to beauty spots like the Lake District in Cumbria, as the county still had high infection rates.

Zambia praises sex workers over 'virus tracing'

Sex workers in Zambia have been praised by the country's health minister for helping trace people who have contracted coronavirus in the border town of Nakonde.
A recent surge has seen dozens of new cases reported in the northern town, mostly among sex workers or lorry drivers known to use their services.
Chitalu Chilufya has praised the group for helping officials contract trace those who may be at risk from the recent outbreak.
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Cluster of California cases traced to birthday party

A concentration of Covid cases in California has been traced back to a birthday party in Pasadena, north-east of Los Angeles.
A "large number of extended family member and friends" attended the event, which took place after the statewide stay-home order was issued on 22 March, according to the Pasadena Public Health Department. Attendees did not practice social distancing.
One patient at the party was coughing and not wearing a face covering, officials said. Five cases have been confirmed, while "many more" have fallen ill.
There are 66,826 confirmed cases across California, with 2,695 deaths.

More Indian migrants die trying to get home

Five migrant workers have died in India while trying to get home amid a travel lockdown.
The workers had been hiding in a truck carrying mango crates when the vehicle overturned on a highway late on Saturday.
The deaths came just two days after 16 other workers were killed by a freight train in Maharashtra.
The fatalities have put a spotlight on strict travel restrictions in India, which have hit the country's poorest hardest.
The country's lockdown, implemented suddenly in March, left millions of migrant workers stranded away from their homes.
As we reported earlier, a partial train service is set to resume from 12 May.

The pandemic is far from over - nursing chief

Nursing staff across the UK are "imploring" the public to remember that the pandemic "is far from over", the chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing Dame Donna Kinnair says.
"Please think about our health and care workers, working under tremendous pressure, and respect the guidance being given.
"The prime minister has said it is important to ensure nurses and key workers have the protective equipment and testing they need. This has to be a priority," she says.
"Until our members report they are getting all they need, it is hard to see how the lockdown could be relaxed further."

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Evangelical leader packs up NY hospital amid controversy

Two people protest the presence of Samaritan's Purse in New York City's Central Park

Evangelical organisation Samaritan's Purse has dismantled its Central Park field hospital amid controversy over the group's conservative stances.
Doctors and nurses with Samaritan's Purse - led by Reverend Franklin Graham, the son of leading US evangelist Billy Graham - treated more than 300 New Yorkers through the peak of the virus outbreak.
But the presence of the group, and Graham in particular, incited sharp criticism over the reverend's past comments on LGBT people and minority groups.
The group requires employees and volunteers sign a statement of faith, affirming their believe that "marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female".
Graham told the New York Times that the group had never denied care because of a difference of belief.

What happened today?

It seems tomorrow won't be the "magic Monday" that many of Britain's newspapers hinted at, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the public now was "not the time simply to end the lockdown".

• In his speech to the nation, Johnson announced a "conditional" plan to reopen parts of society in England
  
• Schools could return on 1 June, and parts of the hospitality industry and more shops could open from July, dependent on the data
  
• People will be "actively encouraged" to go to work if they cannot work from home and allowing people to take "unlimited exercise" from Wednesday
  
• The "stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives" slogan was replaced with "stay alert, control the virus, save lives" in England
  
• But Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are sticking with "stay at home" as their primary messaging, with leaders in three devolved nations saying Johnson had not consulted them on the new message
  
• A new Covid alert system will track the virus in England
  
• People coming to the country by air will be put in quarantine for 14 days
  
• The UK death toll reached 31,855 - a rise of 269 in the past 24 hours
  
• The government missed its 100,000 testing target for the eight day in a row
  

Around the world:

• In South Korea, fears of second wave prompted renewed restrictions, after a series of transmissions linked to Seoul's leisure district
  
• Spain reported its lowest daily death toll in two months, as it emerges from strict lockdown restrictions. The health ministry said 143 people died over a 24-hour period, taking the total number of deaths to 26,621
  
• The reproduction rate of the virus in Germany has risen above one, causing concern days after some restrictions were eased
  

The end to Sunday's coverage

Thank you for joining us throughout the day as we brought you the latest news and BBC analysis about the coronavirus pandemic around the world.
Sunday's live page was written and edited by: Vicky Baker, Lauren Turner, Katie Wright, Dulcie Lee, Kelly-Leigh Cooper, Joel Gunter, Saj Chowdhury, Joshua Nevett, Katie Whannel, Henri Astier, Ben Collins, Jennifer Scott, Emlyn Begley and Holly Honderich.
Our team in Singapore will be resuming our coverage in a few hours time.