Spain's lockdown eased, UK schools to reopen: COVID-19 daily bulletin

- Spain has further eased its lockdown restrictions on Monday. Some areas will be entering phase one of the relaxation which includes the reopening of malls, cafes and some museums. Other areas will enter the more relaxed phase two where some beaches will be allowed to reopen. 

- Boris Johnson, the UK's Prime Minister, has announced that schools will begin to gradually reopen in England from June 1.

- Germany's economy was pushed into recession in the first quarter of the year due to falling consumer spending, capital investments and exports as a result of COVID-19, the national statistics office said on Monday. 

- France's measures to prop up the economy during COVID-19 has so far cost $490 billion, or the equivalent of 20 percent of GDP, the finance minister has said. 

- Russia reports 8,946 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours as the country climbed to 350,000 cases overall. Fatalities also rose by 92 overnight, taking the overall death toll to 3,633.

- Hungary reopened its southern border with Serbia from Monday morning, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced.

- Italy recorded 50 new deaths on Sunday, however the data did not include deaths from the worst affected Lombardy region due to technical problems. Italy's death toll now stands at 32,785, the third highest in the world behind U.S. and the UK.

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