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The number of deaths in the coronavirus pandemic in Great Britain has exceeded 40,000. The British Ministry of Health yesterday reported 357 deaths in the last 24 hours, which means that a total of 40,261 people died in Covid-19.more

President Jair Bolsonaro threatened in a conversation with CNN Brasil that his country could follow in the footsteps of the United States and leave the World Health Organization, "if it does not cease to be a politically unilateral organization."more

More than half the UK population has struggled with sleep during the lockdown, a survey suggests.more

Coronavirus changed the priorities of pre-pandemic companies; Not only salaries or salary increases for employees are gaining importance, but also obligations to key contractors - according to the latest study "Payment priorities for companies".more

Rafael Nadal has said tennis should not resume until players are able to travel safely in order to compete around the world. “If you asked me today if I want to travel to New York to play, I will say: ‘No, I will not.’ In a couple of months I don’t know how the situation will improve,” he said.more

Cycle lanes are to be installed in Oxford Street and its pavements will be widened to help the West End economy bounce back from coronavirus.more

Europe could have its free travel zone up and running again by the end of the month, but travelers from further afield will not be allowed in before July, European Union Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said Friday after talks among the bloc’s interior ministers.more

Italy’s education minister said schools across the country would reopen in September, after being shut for six months due to the coronavirus outbreak.more

Drug company AstraZeneca is to start producing a potential vaccine for coronavirus, its boss has told the BBC.more

The situation is currently moving in the right direction and if this trend continues, I think that the Polish government will decide to open borders for EU countries - Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz announced today in Bratislava.more

Brazil's total COVID-19 death toll blew past that of Italy on Thursday, as the Health Ministry reported 1,437 deaths in the last 24 hours and 30,925 additional coronavirus cases.more

Tottenham have received a £175 million loan from the Bank of England to help them through the coronavirus crisis as the club predicted losses of £200 million over the next year.more

Face coverings are to become compulsory for people using public transport in England from Monday 15 June.more

A further 176 people with Covid-19 have died in the UK, taking the coronavirus death toll across the four nations to 39,904.more

The Spanish government has clarified that Spain’s land borders will remain closed until July 1 after a minister said the country’s frontiers with Portugal and France would reopen on June 22.more

Thousands of primary schools in England have defied the government’s call for schools to reopen amid concerns that coronavirus is still too prevalent to do so.more

Boris Johnson has said he wants to reduce the 2-metre rule for physical distancing despite the government’s chief medical officer saying it would need to stay in place for the whole epidemic.more

Transport for London are expected to announce that the Night Tube will be suspended until March 2021 as soon as today.more

Spain will open up land borders with France and Portugal on June 22 and also aims to start welcoming tourists to some islands and other areas that have the coronavirus under control around the same time, a minister said on Thursday.more

One in five Brits are now following lockdown rules less strictly than before – and a third of those people say Dominic Cummings behaviour is a factor in that change. more

Due to a significant increase in the number of new coronavirus infections, Northern Macedonia introduced a ban on leaving homes in Skopje and nine other cities for the period from 21:00 on Thursday to 5:00 in the morning on Monday.more

Scientists are running a trial to see if ibuprofen can help hospital patients who are sick with coronavirus.more

The Covid-19 epidemic brought the French back to buying domestic food. According to some experts, this trend is not limited to food products, and according to others - it is not permanent, because native products are more expensive and not everyone can afford them.more

The top-flight Scottish Premier League will begin its 20/21 season as planned in August after agreeing a deal with broadcaster Sky Sports to allow fans to stream games at home, the league (SPFL) said Wednesday.more

Bus drivers have suffered at least 60 cases of being spat at since lockdown began, London’s transport chief revealed. more