Govt. seeks panel view on state of emergency

The Japanese government has consulted an advisory panel on its plan to lift the state of emergency in 39 prefectures.
WHO: Long way to go before pandemic ends
The World Health Organization has warned there is a long way to go before the coronavirus pandemic is brought under control, reiterating calls for having systems in place to detect new cases.
US adds more than 1,800 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours: tracker
The United States recorded 1,813 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 84,059, according to the latest real-time tally Wednesday reported by Johns Hopkins University.
Coronavirus may never go away: WHO
The new coronavirus may never go away and populations around the world will have to learn to live with it, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday.
Work and exercise restrictions ease in England
People living in England were allowed on Wednesday to leave their homes, including to go to work, in the first stage of an easing of the seven-week coronavirus lockdown.
Germany aims to lift border virus controls by mid-June: minister

Brazil registers one-day record for COVID-19 deaths