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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis. As Europe emerges from lockdowns and quarantines, Italy leads the way as the first country on the continent to reopen its borders to European travellers. International flights are only expected to resume in three main cities: Milan, Rome and Naples. Germany will lift its blanket travel warning for European nations from June 15, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas says. The warning will be replaced by advice for individual nations, "provided that there are no longer any entry bans or large-scale lockdowns in the respective countries", he says. Brazil surpasses a chilling landmark of 30,000 deaths -- the fourth deadliest outbreak in the world. But some states begin to emerge from weeks of quarantine measures despite warnings from the World Health Organization and epidemiologists it is too much, too soon. The pandemic has killed 382,016 people worldwide since it surfaced in China late last year, according to an AFP tally at 1900 GMT on Wednesday, based on official sources. There have been 6,440,940 cases registered in 196 countries and territories. The United States is the worst-hit country with 106,696 deaths, followed by Britain with 39,728 deaths, Italy with 33,601 deaths, Brazil with 31,199 deaths and France with 29,021 fatalities. The Lancet issues an "expression of concern" over a large-scale study of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine it published that led to the WHO suspending clinical trials of the anti-viral drugs as a potential treatment for COVID-19. An expression of concern is not as severe as a journal withdrawing a published study, but it signifies that the research is potentially problematic. The WHO says clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine will resume. The United Nations rights chief Michelle Bachelet warns that China and other Asian countries are using the pandemic as an excuse to clamp down on free expression and tighten censorship. The UN rights office says it has information on "more than a dozen cases of medical professionals, academics and ordinary citizens who appear to have been detained, and in some instances charged, for publishing their views or other information on the situation". Mosques in the Gaza Strip reopen after a 70-day closure, with health measures in place. Worshippers are told to wear face masks inside mosques, which will be regularly disinfected as a precaution. Some mosques in Gaza had opened 10 days ago to celebrate the end of Ramadan, but Wednesday marks a full reopening. burs-eab/lc
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