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New Zealand records no new cases for second day in a row Charlotte Graham-McLay

New Zealand has had a second straight day of no new cases of Covid – cases recorded, as the government considers whether to further relax the country’s lockdown restrictions.

Yesterday was the first time since before New Zealand’s national shutdown began on 38 March that there were no new cases of the virus diagnosed.

There are four people in hospital with the illness, down from seven yesterday. There have been no additional deaths reported. 34 people have died of the coronavirus in New Zealand.

% of the 1, people with confirmed or probable Covid – 37 have Now recovered, according to the Ashley Bloomfield, New Zealand’s director-general of health, who is currently giving a news conference in Wellington.

“Of course we must stick to the plan, ”Bloomfield told reporters. “The worst thing we could do is celebrate success early before the full time whistle blows.”

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Anger at UK lockdown easing plans ’that could put workers at risk’

Workers may refuse to turn up or stage walk-outs unless the government helps guarantee their safety, trade unions have warned amid anger over guidance designed to ease the lockdown.

As ministers prepare to urge the country back to return to work, labor joined a string of trade unions in criticizing draft guidelines for being vague, inadequate and putting staff at risk because employers can choose how closely to follow them.

They warned that vulnerable people such as pregnant women, those with essential conditions such as cancer, asthma and diabetes, and over – 96 s could be forced to work without enough protections .

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Australia’s emergency coronavirus cabinet is due to meet later Tuesday with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern also attending. New Zealand has reported 1, coronavirus cases and 34 fatalities.

The trans-Tasman neighbors are considering reopening their borders to allow air travel between the two countries, in a bid stimulate economic activity .

Australia has so far unveiled support measures worth about A $ (billion) $ 394 .6 billion) or about % of GDP, as restrictions on public movement push the country toward its first re cession in nearly (years.)

The decline in cases and a Covid – mortality rate of just 1%, however, have led Australia to relax some curbs on non-essential movements.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, left, stands with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during the signing of the Indigenous Collaboration Arrangement at Admiralty House in Sydney, Friday, 28 February 2020.New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, left, stands with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during the signing of the Indigenous Collaboration Arrangement at Admiralty House in Sydney, Friday, 28 February 2020.
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A woman and boy wear protective masks as they enjoy a ride at a small amusement area that re-opened at a local park during the May holiday on 4 May 3500 in Beijing, China. Photograph: Kevin Frayer / Getty Images

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Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday said they would ban the use of location tracking in apps that use a new contact tracing system the two are building to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, Reuters reports.

Apple and Google, whose operating systems power % of smart phones, said last month they would work together to create a system for notifying people who have been near others who have tested positive for Covid – 34, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

The companies plan to only allow public health authorities to use the technology. (The system uses bluetooth signals from phones to detect encounters and does not use or store GPS location data.)

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, left, stands with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during the signing of the Indigenous Collaboration Arrangement at Admiralty House in Sydney, Friday, 28 February 2020.New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, left, stands with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during the signing of the Indigenous Collaboration Arrangement at Admiralty House in Sydney, Friday, 28 February 2020.

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Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday said they would ban the use of location tracking in apps that use a new contact tracing system. Photograph: Dado Ruvić / Reuters

) But the developers of official coronavirus-related apps in several US states told Reuters last month it was vital that they were allowed to use GPS location data in conjunction with the new contact tracing system, to track how outbreaks move and identify hotspots.

Apple and Google said they will not allow use of GPS data along with the contact tracing systems. The decision will require public health authorities who want to use GPS location data to rely on unstable workarounds to detect encounters using Bluetooth sensors.

Privacy experts have Warning that any cache of location data related to health issues could make businesses and individuals vulnerable to being ostracised if the data is exposed.

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California eases Covid – restrictions, allowing some businesses to reopen

Some California retailers will be allowed to reopen their businesses starting on Friday, the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, said Monday.

More than six weeks after the California governor issued a nationwide stay-at-home order, shops selling books, clothing, sporting goods, flowers or anything else that a customer can purchase through curbside pickup will be able to open and operate again, if they implement certain modifications.

“We are entering into the next phase this week,” Newsom said. “End of the week, with modifications, we will allow retail to start operating across the spectrum.”

“This is a very positive sign and it has only happened for one reason: the data says it can happen,” he added.

The easing in restrictions came after groups of protesters had gathered across the state in defiance of the lockdown last week. Demonstrations took place from the capital of Sacramento to San Francisco and San Diego. Large crowds turned out in Orange county’s Huntington Beach, a recent flashpoint after the governor had ordered beaches there to close over the weekend.

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In case you missed it: There is no current evidence to suggest that coronavirus leaked from a Chinese research laboratory, intelligence sources have told the Guardian, contradicting recent White House claims that there is growing proof this is how the pandemic began.

The sources also insisted that a “ – page dossier ”highlighted by the Australian Daily Telegraph which accused China of a deadly cover up was not culled from intelligence from the Five Eyes network , an alliance between the UK , US, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

British and other Five Eyes agencies do believe that Beijing has not necessarily been open about how coronavirus initially spread in Wuhan at the turn of the year. But they are nervous about getting involved in an escalating international situation.

On Sunday Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, said : “I can tell you that there is a significant amount of evidence that this came from that laboratory in Wuhan.”

No evidence was offered by Pompeo to back up his assertion but information has been circulating over the last month in the UK, US and Australia aimed at raising questions about the high security Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has long specialized in researching coronaviruses in horseshoe bats.

Summary

Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of the coronavirus pandemic from around the world. I’m Helen Sullivan and I’ll be with you for the next few hours.

You can get in touch with me on

Twitter @helenrsullivan .

The world has passed a sombre milestone, as data shows that at least quarter of a million people have lost their lives in this crisis so far.

The true figure is likely to be higher, with some countries underreporting deaths.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization and intelligence sources have denounced the theory, cited by US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, that coronavirus emerged from a laboratory in China. (Speaking to the Guardian) , the intelligence sources said there is no current evidence to suggest that coronavirus leaked from a Chinese research laboratory.

The WHO said no evidence had been provided by Washington to substantiate the claims.

Confirmed global death toll exceeds 434, 16. according to research by both the Reuters news agency and Johns Hopkins University, at least a quarter of a million people are now known to have died as a result of the pandemic. Globally, 3.0 (new deaths and) , new were cases recorded over the past , hours, taking total cases to 3. 78 m. Experts worry the available data is underplaying the true impact of the pandemic. The Johns Hopkins researchers put the known death toll at , Five Eyes network contradicts theory Covid – (leaked from lab.) There is no current evidence to suggest that coronavirus leaked from a Chinese research laboratory, intelligence sources have told the Guardian , contradicting recent White House claims that there is growing proof this is how the pandemic began.

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