{"id":17741,"date":"2020-05-01T11:58:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T02:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/may\/01\/coronavirus-live-news-uk-is-past-the-peak-as-trump-claims-evidence-virus-started-in-wuhan-lab"},"modified":"2020-05-01T17:48:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T08:48:48","slug":"coronavirus-live-news-recoveries-pass-1m-as-us-airlines-require-passengers-to-cover-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=17741","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus live news: recoveries pass 1m as Trump contradicts intelligence on virus origin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US government experts say virus \u2018not manmade or genetically modified\u2019; Germany and Spain ease lockdowns; outbreak increasing in Africa<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/may\/01\/coronavirus-latest-at-a-glance\">Coronavirus latest: at a glance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/may\/01\/life-with-a-beijing-covid-19-quarantine-handler-coronavirus\">Life with a Beijing Covid-19 quarantine handler<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/apr\/30\/donald-trump-coronavirus-chinese-lab-claim\">Trump claims evidence virus started in Chinese lab but offers no details<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2020\/may\/01\/uk-coronavirus-live-job-cuts-end-lockdown-politics-covid-19-latest-updates\">UK coronavirus updates \u2013 live<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2020\/may\/01\/coronavirus-australia-update-newmarch-house-scott-morrison-nsw-vic-qld-live-news\">Australia coronavirus updates \u2013 live<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-05-01T08:47:18.208Z\">9.47am <span class=\"timezone\">BST<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p><em>Here\u2019s more information on Australia\u2019s road to recovery by Guardian reporter Paul Karp and Daniel Hurst.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Scott Morrison has offered <strong>Australians<\/strong> an \u201cearly mark\u201d to ease Covid-19 restrictions next week while warning a return to normality will depend on uptake of the Covidsafe contact tracing app.<\/p>\n<p> <span>Related: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/may\/01\/morrison-says-early-mark-of-eased-restrictions-depends-on-uptake-of-covidsafe-tracing-app\">Morrison says &#8216;early mark&#8217; of eased restrictions depends on uptake of Covidsafe tracing app<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-05-01T08:36:09.826Z\">9.36am <span class=\"timezone\">BST<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>In Greece, protesters have begun gathering in central Athens for traditional May Day marches, AP reports, despite authorities\u2019 pleas to unions to move their demonstrations to next week after lockdown measures begin easing.<\/p>\n<p>More than 100 people from the Communist party-affiliated PAME union gathered in Athens\u2019 main Syntagma Square, outside parliament. 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