Coronavirus live news: 6m Australians download tracing app as experts fear second wave in US summer

New witnesses cast doubt on Cummings ’s lockdown claims; Trump golfs in Virginia; WHO says pandemic ‘taking different pathway’ in Africa. Follow the latest updatesSix million Australians download tracing appGlobal report: Muslims face curfews ahead of Eid amid Covid-19 crisisAmerica begins to unlock for summer – but is it inviting a second wave?New witnesses cast doubt on Dominic Cummings ’s lockdown claimsCoronavirus latest: at a glance4.47amBSTFrance ’s mosques nevertheless called on Muslims to stay at home to mark the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. They said they would gradually resume services from 3 June.France ’s Jewish community took a similarly cautious line. Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia stressed that believers should not “rush towards the reopening of the synagogues”.4.41amBSTFrench churches were preparing to hold their first Sunday masses in more than two months after the government bowed to a ruling that they should be reopened – provided proper precautions were taken, AFP reports.Nearly two weeks into the relaxation of its shutdown, the government finally allowed churches, mosques and synagogues to reopen.Continue reading...
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