EU recovery fund, Spain in 10-day mourning: COVID-19 daily bulletin--LB
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EU recovery fund, Spain in 10-day mourning: COVID-19 daily bulletin 

- Spain's government has declared a 10-day official mourning period from Wednesday to honor the nearly 30,000 who died from the coronavirus. Flags will fly at half-mast all over the country's public buildings and navy ships, and the period will end with a ceremony led by King Felipe.

- Britain's prime minister, Boris Johnson, will appear before the Commons Liaison Committee for 90 minutes today, to answer questions about his adviser Dominic Cummings' controversial lockdown trip and about how the government has handled the coronavirus crisis.

- Germany's government and its state premiers have agreed to extend social distancing rules until 29 June to contain the pandemic. Public gatherings of up to 10 people will also be allowed from 6 June.

- France's economy could contract by 20 percent in the second quarter from the previous three months as the country emerges from lockdown, the INSEE official statistics agency has estimated.

- Denmark's central bank has said Danish banks are well-capitalized and able to withstand a severe but temporary economic downturn.

- Switzerland will decide on further relaxation of restrictions, including scrapping a four-person limit on people eating together in restaurants, opening nightclubs and allowing private events of up to 300 people and opening football stadiums and theaters for 1,000 people, from 8 June.