Belarus defies coronavirus concerns with VE Day parade, mayor of Milan issues warning, while football returns ... in the Faroe Islands
As coronavirus infections approached 4 million worldwide, and Russia became a new hotspot for the outbreak, Belarus defied worries to hold a parade marking the 75th anniversary of victory over the Nazis, with thousands of people in attendance including elderly veterans.
South Korea, which is trying to relax physical distancing regulations, on Saturday shut down more than 2,100 clubs and bars in the capital after a new cluster of cases emerged, apparently linked to a single individual who had gone out while infected.
The Chinese president Xi Jinping has offered the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, support in tackling the coronavirus, state media said on Saturday.
As debates rage in other countries about the return of professional football, games will be played in the Faroe Islands on Saturday for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak.
Indonesia has reported its biggest daily increase in infections, with 533 new confirmed cases, taking the total to 13,645.
A French MP has failed in her bid to to get “love” added to the list of “compelling reasons” that must be given for anyone to travel more than 100km (62 miles) in the country.
Egypt’s president, Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi, approved amendments to the country’s state of emergency that granted him and security agencies additional powers, saying they were needed to combat the coronavirus outbreak.
Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said on Friday that he aimed to present plans next week to reopen the economy, as key sectors like car-making look to begin business again after over a month of quarantine measures.
Argentina will extend a quarantine covering its capital Buenos Aires but relax restrictions in the rest of the country.
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