Nearly 1 in 7 people in New York who were randomly tested  for coronavirus antibodies turned out to have them, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today (April 23). In New York City, the number is even higher: About 1 in 5 people tested positive for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2. 

If those early results translate to the rest of the New York population, that would mean about 2.7 million people across the state would have been infected.

The antibodies suggest these people were exposed at one point to the coronavirus and recovered, Cuomo said. However, it is still not known whether or not these people  are now immune to it.

https://www.livescience.com/covid-antibody-test-results-new-york-test.html

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Britain will reopen thousands of high street shops, department stores and shopping centres next month, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday, setting out a timetable for businesses as part of moves to ease the coronavirus lockdown.

He told a news conference that from June 1, outdoor markets and car showrooms could be reopened as soon as they are able to meet the COVID-19 secure guidelines, and all other non-essential retail from June 15 if the government’s tests are met.

Johnson is keen to restart an economy which has been all but shut down since Britain entered a lockdown to try to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, but also fears a second peak of infection if measures are eased too quickly.

“Today, I want to give the retail sector notice of our intentions to reopen shops, so they too can get ready,” Johnson said. “There are careful but deliberate steps on the road to rebuilding our country.”

The government said shops selling clothes, shoes, toys, furniture, books, and electronics, plus tailors, auction houses, photography studios, and indoor markets, would be expected to be able to reopen from June 15, giving them three weeks to prepare.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-retail-britain/uk-to-reopen-thousands-of-shops-as-eases-coronavirus-lockdown-johnson-idUKKBN2311X5

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For the first time since February since the coronavirus pandemic broke out, no deaths were recorded in Lombardy from Covid-19. None in the past 24 hours. No reports from hospitals requested by the Region. 

But the administration itself remains cautious: data comes from hospitals and municipalities. On the "zero deaths" in hospitals they are certain, on the Municipalities they are still not. 

The fact remains that for the first time in months no one has died in the hospital.

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For the first time in more than six weeks, no new COVID-19 cluster was identified in Singapore on Sunday (May 24).

According to data from the Ministry of Health (MOH), the last time there were no new clusters was on Apr 8, a day after the "circuit breaker" period in Singapore began.

Singapore on Sunday reported 548 new COVID-19 cases, taking its total number of coronavirus infections to 31,616. The majority of the cases are foreign workers living in dormitories.

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Japan’s prime minister, Shinzō Abe, has lifted the country’s state of emergency after a marked fall in new coronavirus cases in Tokyo and other hard-hit regions that were still subject to the measure.

Abe declared the state of emergency in Tokyo and several other areas on 7 April before quickly expanding it nationwide. After lifting the restrictions in most areas earlier this month, he said on Monday that new infections had slowed enough to justify an easing of restrictions on businesses, bars and restaurants throughout the country, adding that hospitals were treating far fewer patients than at the height of the outbreak.

But he urged people to remain vigilant and adopt a “new lifestyle” based around avoidance of the “three Cs” – confined and crowded spaces, and close human contact – to prevent a second wave of infections.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/25/japan-lifts-state-of-emergency-after-fall-in-coronavirus-cases

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A woman from Bristol got a big surprise when her family turned up to celebrate her 100th birthday on a cherry picker.

Winifred Cleaver is shielding inside her Henbury flat because of coronavirus, so her nephew went to extraordinary lengths to ensure that she would not be alone on her special day.

Bob Beauchamp hired the machine to see and speak to Winifred from the other side of her elevated window.

Ms Cleaver reached 100 year milestone on May 21 but her planned party at the SS Great Britain has been cancelled because of the outbreak.

She never married nor had any children and has lived on her own for the past decade.

Her nephew said that she is almost completely blind and deaf, can hardly walk, but is as mentally alert as ever.

"She enjoys being on her own but it is more difficult as she has got older, especially now because of coronavirus.

It is worrying for us because we would like to see her but we can't. We phone her every day and she is very frightened by the virus."

– BOB BEAUCHAMP, NEPHEW

​https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2020-05-22/family-celebrate-bristol-aunt-s-100th-birthday-by-renting-a-cherry-picker-to-speak-to-her/

Boris Johnson says he believes the country is in position to move to phase two of the lockdown easing of restrictions, which would see Reception, Year One and Year Six pupils return to school from 1 June.

Mr Johnson said that by having a phased return to schools the government was acting "cautiously".

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The national emergency rating will be lowered on Monday, May 25th as Iceland enters the next phase of relaxing COVID-19 measures. No new cases were detected yesterday and one patient recovered, meaning there are currently two active infections in the country.

Chief Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason stated that the current ‘state of emergency’ will be lifted in the penultimate civil protection information meeting on May 20th, RÚV reports. Authorities increased the country’s risk level from ‘crisis’ to ’emergency’ on March 6th. A state of emergency will only be re-declared if another group infection occurs. In the future, risk ratings may be municipality-specific rather than countrywide.

As reported, Þórólfur has submitted his proposal to significantly ease COVID-19 restrictions, including the reopening of bars and permitting gatherings of up to 200 people. He now awaits the Minister of Health’s approval.

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