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Restrictions being lifted gradually

coronavirus
14 Jun 2020 / 10:10

France, Slovenia and Poland are gradually lifting restrictions on international travel. Germany and Russia see an increase in the number of cases.

- Saturday marks the first day of the new 'social bubble' initiative in England. People who live alone, or single parents, will be able to go visit another household, with no social distancing regulations required.

- France is to lift its border restrictions for all European travellers on 15 June, according to its Interior and Foreign ministries. The restriction lift applies to all borders including air, land or sea.

- Russia's daily cases rose by 8,706 in the past 24 hours bringing the total number of infection to 520,129. Deaths also rose by 114 to 6,829.

- European Union leaders are to join Italy's prime minister Giuseppe Conte for talks on how to restart the country's economy.

- Slovenia will open its borders for citizens of Montenegro and Italy on 15 June. It also announced an obligatory 14-day quarantine for people entering the country from 31 nations including the UK, U.S. and Russia.

- Germany's daily deaths rose by 18 in the past day to 8,781. Cases also rose by 348 to 186,022.

- Poland has lifted its border controls with Lithuania and other EU member states. As of midnight on the 13 June, Polish citizens can now travel freely to and from Germany, Lithuania, Slovakia and Czechia without being subjected to mandatory quarantine.