Coronavirus: Brazil infection death toll now world’s second worst

Summary

1. An infection outbreak in a wholesale market in Beijing leads to fears of a second wave in the Chinese capital
2. Forty-five cases have actually been tape-recorded, after weeks without new infections; the area is put on lockdown
3. Brazil’s death toll becomes second greatest in the world, exceeding the UK’s with more than 41,000 victims
4. Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro continues to soft-pedal the virus, focusing on the financial damage of lockdown
5. From today, people living alone in England and Northern Ireland will have the ability to form an assistance bubble with another home
6. The Queen’s main birthday will be marked later with a brand-new event instead of the yearly Trooping the Colour parade
7. Hong Kong’s iconic Ocean Park amusement park reopens after more than 4 months of temporary closure