The lockdown in the UK to try to slow the spread of coronavirus could go on for six months and the country may not return to its normal way of life until the autumn, according to a&nbsp;key government doctor. Deputy chief medical officer for England, Dr Jenny Harries, said at Downing Street&rsquo;s daily press conference, that the effectiveness of the current restrictions would be reviewed at the end of the original three-week period.&nbsp;She added that&nbsp;lifting lockdown too soon could risk second wave of infection.

The lockdown in the UK to try to slow the spread of coronavirus could go on for six months and the country may not return to its normal way of life until the autumn, according to a key government doctor. Deputy chief medical officer for England, Dr Jenny Harries, said at Downing Street’s daily press conference, that the effectiveness of the current restrictions would be reviewed at the end of the original three-week period. She added that lifting lockdown too soon could risk second wave of infection.

With cricket set to return with the West Indies tour of England in July, 3 Windies&nbsp;players&nbsp;Darren Bravo,&nbsp;Shimron Hetmyer&nbsp;and&nbsp;Keemo Paul have decided not to be a part of the tour due to the fear of the coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic. Cricket West Indies though has said that they fully respect their decision and as previously stated, the board will not hold this decision against them when considering future selection. West Indies&nbsp;will fly to England on June 8 on private chartered planes&nbsp;after being tested for Covid-19. First of the 4 Tests starts July 8&nbsp;without fans in Hampshire.

In an escalation of trade and travel tensions between the two countries, the Trump administration moved on Wednesday to block Chinese airlines from flying to the US.&nbsp;The Transportation Department said it would suspend passenger flights of four Chinese airlines to and from the United States starting June 16.&nbsp;The decision was a response to China&rsquo;s failure to let United Airlines and Delta Air Lines resume flights this week to China, which were suspended earlier this year in response to the coronavirus pandemic that started in China&rsquo;s Wuhan province.&nbsp;The Transportation Department said that China was violating an agreement between the two countries covering flights by each other&rsquo;s airlines.&nbsp;

Despite the coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic, Rafael Nadal&nbsp;had a very special 34th birthday. On Wednesday, over 70 players from his academy in&nbsp;Mallorca, Spain welcomed the world number 2 on center court while the youngsters sang the birthday song. Interestingly, all the players followed social distancing and were seated away from each other. 19-time Grand slam champion Nadal&nbsp;was also gifted a cake to mark the occasion.

'Mission: Impossible 7' is planning to re-start filming in September, and Hollywood actor Tom Cruise is making sure that everyone on-set is safe. According to reports, the actor who is also a producer of the movie, is building a makeshift village at an abandoned site in Oxfordshire so filming can resume and can work through scenes in a bubble and protect the crew from catching coronavirus. 'Mission Impossible 7' which was initially scheduled to hit theatres on July 2021 has now been postponed to November 19, 2021, after the coronavirus pandemic forced the film to relocate from Venice to the UK, and eventually halt production indefinitely.

Italy has reopened its borders and ended travel restrictions between regions, hoping to encourage tourists back in time for the summer. The country was the first in Europe to be hit hard by the outbreak and has recorded more than 33,000 deaths. Travellers from most European countries will be allowed into Italy from Wednesday, with no quarantine. Italy is also lifting restrictions on domestic travel, allowing people to move between regions

Russia reported 8,536 new coronavirus cases and 178 deaths on Wednesday, bringing its nationwide infection tally to 4.3 lakh, the third-highest in the world. 5,215 people are have died with the virus. In a statement on its Telegram channel, govt officials said the majority of cases are in Moscow and its suburbs, followed by St Petersburg. Residents in Moscow are now allowed outdoors again after restrictions were eased on 1st of June, but some regulations remain in place, such as wearing face masks and assigned times to go for walks.

Australia&rsquo;s economy shrank last quarter, setting the scene for what could be the nation&rsquo;s first technical recession in three decades. The entire business sectors were shut down due to the coronavirus&nbsp;outbreak. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed the economy contracted by 0.3% in the first quarter ended March, the first drop in nine years.
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The delayed Formula 1 season is set to&nbsp;get underway with back-to-back races in Austria from 5th July and&nbsp;Formula One CEO Chase Carey talked about the new protocols&nbsp;related to covid-19. He said that an individual having been found with a positive infection will not lead to cancellation of a race, and we would encourage teams to have procedures in place that if an individual has to be put into quarantine, then we would have a hotel room.
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On Tuesday the Spanish football club Barcelona announced an initiative called 'We all Play' to fight against&nbsp;the negative socio-economic impact of the&nbsp;Covid-19 crisis. The club&nbsp;has decided that 15000 Barca jerseys with special inscriptions will be put on sale on the official website from June 15. While each jersey will cost 65 euros, a part of the sales proceedings will be contributed to the club's charitable foundation. The initiative will coincide with the game at home against Atletico&nbsp;Madrid in early July 2020.

China said on Wednesday that a news report that said it delayed sharing Covid-19 information with the World Health Organization is totally untrue. Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian rejected the report by the Associated Press, which said the WHO was frustrated by significant delays in information sharing by Beijing as the coronavirus outbreak took hold in China in January.

India's service sector fell drastically during May as the unfavourable economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic impaired business operations. The IHS Markit India Services Business Activity Index stood at 12.6 in May. Although the figure rose from April's unprecedented low of 5.4.&nbsp;

A mob on Tuesday disrupted the funeral of a Covid-19 victim in Jammu and forced his family members to flee with the half-burnt body. The administration had to intervene and the cremation took place at another place as per protocol. A 72-year-old man from Doda district became the fourth victim of coronavirus in Jammu region. The family said that a mob pelted stones and they had to run with the half burnt body. They alleged that the security officials present at the scene didn't help.

The Union Health ministry on Tuesday said there was no under-reporting of Covid-19 deaths in India. It added that states are making assessment of causalities and attributing causes of deaths to Covid and non-Covid factors. The ministry also said about 14 most affected countries with a cumulative population almost equal to that of India have reported 55 times more Covid-19 deaths and 22 times more cases.

India on Wednesday crossed the grim milestone of 2 lakh&nbsp;coronavirus&nbsp;cases. According to the health ministry data on Wednesday morning, the country saw a record spike of 8,909 new cases to take the total number cases past 2 lakh&nbsp;and 7 thousand. The number of cases have doubled from 1 lakh&nbsp;in just 2 weeks as India has seen sharp spikes of over 8,000 daily cases in the last week.&nbsp;217 people died of the virus in the last 24 hours taking the total death toll to 5,851.&nbsp;

English club Manchester City's footballer Phil Foden&nbsp;was seen breaking social distancing norms amid the pandemic scare reported the local British media. While he was spotted playing football on the Formby&nbsp;beach on&nbsp;Merseyside, the 20-year-old clicked pictures with his fans as he violated the government guidelines. Manchester City has confirmed that it will remind the player of his responsibility and will ask him to strictly follow the guidelines. Premier League players have returned to contact training as the league prepares for the restart of the season from June 17.&nbsp;

Ace Indian speedster Mohd&nbsp;Shami&nbsp;is confident that despite the ban on using saliva in International&nbsp;cricket, he will be able to produce the magical reverse swing if the shine is maintained on the ball. Shami&nbsp;said that it will be tough to maintain the shine on the ball but if it can be achieved then there should be no issues for him to produce the deadly reverse swing. Shami&nbsp;added that since childhood all bowlers have a natural instinct to apply saliva to shine the ball as the International Cricket Council plans to ban the use of saliva once cricket resumes in the times of Covid-19.

Health officials have recommended that Pakistan's Punjab province be placed under a 30-day lockdown after a government sample survey suggested that close to 7 lakh people in the provincial capital, Lahore, could be asymptomatic carriers of Covid-19, media reports said. Lahore, home to around 12 million, has more than 27,000 confirmed cases. The report also warned that "no workplace and residential area of any town" is free from the virus, reported the Dawn newspaper.
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Pakistan Cricket Board's plan to resume the sport and bring their players back to the field has hit a roadblock. According to reports, PCB&nbsp;wanted to prepare a bio-secure environment planned to bring 25-30 players to the National Cricket Academy in Lahore. The idea was to bring in the players where they would train in pairs and also stay&nbsp;there from June.&nbsp;The problem however is that the NCA's lodging facilities currently have only 21 rooms available, while 40 are needed to implement proper social distancing. Moreover, no one will be allowed to enter or leave the premises as per&nbsp;the medical panel's brief about training in a controlled environment. It is slowly becoming a headache for the PCB&nbsp;which may consider&nbsp;splitting the camp between two venues, the NCA&nbsp;facility and the&nbsp;Gaddafi stadium next door. The issues need to be sorted soon as elected players for the upcoming England tour are set to fly to England in early July.

Ukrainian football club Karpaty&nbsp;Lviv&nbsp;has witnessed 25 new positive cases of Covid-19 as the entire team along with staff has been put into isolation. Since the Ukrainian&nbsp;league restarted just last week after 2 months, Karpaty&nbsp;Lviv's next 2 games have been cancelled as the club has gone into a 2-week quarantine.&nbsp;Ukraine has seen over 24 thousand cases and 727 deaths till Tuesday from Covid-19.
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Brazilian veteran footballer Fred on Monday started a long and tiring journey from&nbsp;Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro, where on Saturday he will be unveiled by his former club Fluminense as their new signing. Usually, footballers take chartered flights but this 36-year-old will ride a bicycle for 600 km to raise money for charity. The sponsors have pledged to donate 4 food supply packets for every kilometre&nbsp;he rides on this journey for families struggling with food due to the global pandemic. The striker is aiming for almost 150 km a day which will help him finish the journey in 4 days.&nbsp;

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