Coronavirus live updates: New Zealand PM dismisses calls to open borders; UK locks down city of Leicester

Broadway theatres to stay closed until January 2021; Iran reportsrecord daily deathsGlobal report: WHO to send team to China to investigate Covid-19 originsLeicester lockdown: what are the new Covid-19 restrictions?Jacinda Ardern decries ‘dangerous’ calls to reopen New Zealand bordersUK coronavirus updates – liveWorld map: which countries have the most cases and deaths?1.52pmBSTAustralia’s defence force is to acquire long-range missiles and research hypersonic weapons systems, asScott Morrison warns the country to prepare for a more dangerous post-Covid-19 world and an increasingly contested Indo-Pacific region.The Australian prime minister will use a speech on Wednesday to outline a more muscular defence posture, arguing the ADF needs “stronger deterrence capabilities” as the Indo-Pacific becomes “the focus of the dominant global contest of our age” amid tensions betweenChina and the United States.Related:Australia to acquire long-range missiles as PM warns of dangerous post-Covid-19 world1.47pmBSTTokyo is to move away from numerical targets in containing Covid-19, and rely more on advice from a committee of experts.Japan ’s capital, which has a population of 14 million, has sought to keep new cases below20 a day since the country lifted a state of emergency on May 25, but has experienced five consecutive days of more than 50 new recorded cases.It ’s an extremely different situation from what it was at the end of March when patients were increasing rapidl...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 30, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Amy Walker (now); Nick Ames and Helen Sullivan (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news UK news US news Australia news Science Infectious diseases Source Type: news