The latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world

Some 2.8 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 196 298 have died, according to a Reuters tally as of 0200 GMT on Saturday. * The World Health Organization said there was currently "no evidence" that people who have recovered from Covid-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second coronavirus infection.

* Poland plans to reopen outdoor sports areas on May 4 and will allow top league football matches to be played at the end of next month, as part of an easing of coronavirus restrictions. A pair of bicyclists, foreground, wave to musicians George Sheldon, left, and Sandra Carter as they perform a neighbourhood concert in Sacramento, California. Picture: Rich Pedroncelli/AP

* Nearly 150 cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed among crew members of an Italian cruise ship docked in Japan after health authorities finished testing everyone on board, an official said on Saturday. * China's northwestern province of Shaanxi reported on Saturday seven new imported coronavirus cases, all in citizens returning home from Russia, even as domestic cases in the country were largely curbed. * The holy month of Ramadaan began on Friday with Islam's holiest sites in Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem largely empty.

* EU countries will soon be able to grant subordinated debt to prop up virus-hit economies, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday, as state aid regulators once again loosened rules to make it easier for companies get state support.

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