Latest COVID-19 development in some European countries
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be back at work on Monday, a Downing Street spokesperson confirmed on Saturday. Johnson was taken to St Thomas's Hospital in London on April 5 suffering from COVID-19 symptoms and spent April 6-9 in intensive care before being discharged on April 12.
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced an easing of lockdown restrictions on Saturday and Spaniards will be allowed out to exercise alone from May 2 if the coronavirus toll continues to fall. People living together will be permitted to take short walks together.
The death toll in France from the coronavirus has risen by 369 to 22,614. And the number of patients in intensive care declined for 17 days in a row. More than 7,500 people are now in intensive care across the country.
Coronavirus deaths in Italy climbed by 415 on Saturday, the smallest daily tally since March 17 to a total of 26,384. The number of new infections of 2,357 was also the lowest in five days, which brought to a nationwide total number of 195,351 cases.