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4.25pm BST

WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is now leading a press conference on the coronavirus pandemic.

“The pandemic has already changed the way we live our lives. Part of adjusting to the new normal is finding ways to live safely,” he said, of the international measures taken to curb the spread of Covid-19.

4.16pm BST

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has agreed with his cabinet’s proposal to extend a nationwide lockdown beyond 1 August, his office said on Thursday.

Mirziyoyev’s office did not say by how long the Central Asian country would extend its second lockdown introduced after a surge in the Covid-19 cases.

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