Coronavirus news: expert warns against lifting England restrictions too soon; Vietnam detects hybrid of UK and India variants

Victoria records five new cases of Covid-19 taking Melbourne outbreak to 35; UK MPs urge action to save music festivals from another ‘lost summer’

  • What is the impact of lifting restrictions in England on 21 June?
  • See all our coronavirus coverage

10.46am BST

The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou shut down a neighborhood and ordered its residents to stay home on Saturday for door-to-door coronavirus testing following an upsurge in infections.

Guangzhou, a business and industrial center of 15 million people north of Hong Hong, has reported 20 new infections over the past week.

10.35am BST

Infections in Germany continue on a downward trend, according to the country’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI), with health authorities having reported 5,426 new cases within one day to the institute, down from 6,419 a week earlier.

The seven-day incidence on Saturday morning stood at 37.5 nationwide, down from 39.8 on Friday and 66.8 in the previous week.

Continue reading…

source: theguardian.com