Here’s a quick summary of what has happened around the world over the last 24 hours, brought to you exclusively by British Herald.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled a significant easing of England’s coronavirus lockdown, saying it had been allowed by a decline in the number of new infections and the belief that currently there is no risk of a second peak. “The number of new infections is now declining by between two and four percent every day,” he told parliament.
The country spent almost 23 billion pounds on a furlough scheme that supports 9.2 million jobs, said Britain’s finance ministry. The Treasury said claims under its Job Retention Scheme – which pays 80% of salary costs for furloughed staff – had climbed to 22.9 billion pounds from 20.8 billion pounds the week before.
Cinemas, museums and galleries can reopen from July 4. Finance minister Rishi Sunak has acknowledged that relaxing the rule would make a huge difference to many businesses.
US President Donald Trump suspended the entry of certain foreign workers into the United States, a move the White House said would help the coronavirus-battered economy. However, business groups strongly oppose it.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed with her counterparts in Portugal and Slovenia that the EU should focus on rebuilding the bloc economically and socially after the corona crisis in the next 18 months when the three assume the rotating presidency.
Beijing’s mass testing for the new coronavirus will soon enter a “fast track”, a senior municipal health official said. The city of more than 20 million residents reported its first case in the latest outbreak on June 11.
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