Summary

1. Infections and deaths have fallen in Spain and Italy in recent days – suggesting lockdowns have worked
2. The slowly improving situation in those countries gives the US “hope”, says a key Trump adviser
3. At his Sunday press briefing, Mr Trump said “we see light at the end of the tunnel”
4. But 1,200 people with the virus in the US died in the past 24 hours and the Surgeon General warned of a hard week
5. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in hospital after suffering ‘persistent symptoms’
6. The news was announced on Sunday evening shortly after the Queen addressed the nation
7. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to announce state of emergency

Source: BBC