Coronavirus: Brazil deals with ‘financial collapse’ over lockdown

Summary

1. The pandemic has actually released a “tsunami of hate and xenophobia” which requires to be defeated, says the UN’s chief
2. Anti-foreigner sentiment is rising, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories are spreading out and anti-Muslim attacks have occurred, he says
3. Europe marks 75 th anniversary of VE Day under lockdown, with the Royal Family leading homages in the UK
4. Australian PM Scott Morrison announces strategy to reopen the country – beginning with events of 10 people
5. Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes cautions of financial collapse if lockdowns continue
6. India’s operation to bring home 200,000 people house on unique flights is under way
7. The UK is thinking about some “modest” easing of lockdown measures
8. Worldwide verified cases of Covid-19 stand at 3.8 m with 268,000 deaths