Coronavirus latest: Singapore records 799 more cases; New Zealand ‘won’ battle; lockdowns eased in Europe
- Italy will ease its lockdown in just over a week, a key test in efforts across Europe to broadly restart public life
- Britain reported its lowest daily rise in coronavirus deaths in nearly four weeks
Spanish children have ventured outside for the first time in weeks, and Italy and New York laid out partial reopening plans as marked decreases in deaths from the global coronavirus pandemic stirred hopes.
New Zealand, meanwhile got ready to ease its rules on a strict lockdown from midnight.
In a sign of the turnaround, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to his Downing Street official residence on Sunday, a month after he tested positive for the virus and later went into intensive care.
More than 205,000 people have died from the virus since it was first detected in China in December -well over half in Europe – and more than 2.9 million cases have been recorded.
But Europe’s worst-hit countries – Italy, Spain, France and Britain – all reported drops in daily fatality rates on Sunday, a sign the peak of the weeks-long crisis may have passed.