- Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a normally festive holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, with millions under strict stay-at-home orders and many fearing renewed coronavirus outbreaks.
- Iraq's health ministry reported 308 new infections, the steepest single-day spike since late February. At least 4,200 cases and 152 deaths have been reported to date.
- Turkey announced 32 new COVID-19 deaths and 1,186 infections in the past 24 hours, the highest number of the week, pushing total cases to 55,686 and deaths to 4,308. An Eid al-Fitr weekend lockdown has been imposed.
- Indonesia reported 949 new cases, bringing the nationwide total to 21,745 with 1,351 deaths. As Indonesians shopped in preparation for Eid al-Fitr, a large market in Central Java was shut due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
More than 5.3 million people around the world have been infected with the coronavirus to date, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 342,000 people have died, while more than two million have recovered.
Here are the latest updates:
Sunday, May 24
08:20 GMT - China 'open' to international effort to identify virus source: FM
China is "open" to international cooperation to identify the source of the coronavirus, China's foreign minister has said.
But any investigation must be "free of political interference," Wang Yi said at a press conference, blasting what he called efforts by US politicians to "fabricate rumours" about the pathogen's origins and "stigmatise China".
He added that World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has done a good job and countries with decency will support the body.
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08:05 GMT - Iranian 107-year-old woman recovers from coronavirus
A 107-year-old Iranian woman who was infected with the new coronavirus has recovered, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency has reported.
The woman, Saltanat Akbari, was admitted to the Khansari hospital in the central city of Arak. She was released from the hospital after spending "some time" in isolation.
"She defeated the virus with the help of doctors and nurses at the hospital," Fars said.
08:03 GMT - Those who want China to pay coronavirus compensation are daydreaming: diplomat
Those who want to make China pay compensation for the coronavirus outbreak are daydreaming, the Chinese government's top diplomat Wang Yi has said.
07:54 GMT - Russia records 153 coronavirus deaths, highest daily toll yet
Russia has reported 153 coronavirus deaths over the past 24 hours, the epidemic's highest daily toll, raising the total number of coronavirus-related deaths to 3,541, the country's coronavirus crisis response centre has said.
It also said 8,599 new cases had been documented, fewer than on the previous day, pushing the total number of infections to 344,481.
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07:42 GMT - Jerusalem's Holy Sepulcher reopens after coronavirus closure
The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in occupied East Jerusalem has reopened to visitors after a two-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Christian authorities managing the site closed it to visitors in March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but clerics maintained prayers inside the shuttered church throughout its closure.
On Sunday, church authorities limited entrance to 50 people at a time, and required that those entering the cavernous site maintain social distance and avoid touching any of the church's stones, icons or other religious items.
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07:38 GMT - UK PM's adviser Cummings must quit over lockdown drive: Conservative lawmaker
Boris Johnson's senior adviser Dominic Cummings, who travelled 400km (250 miles) to northern England during lockdown while his wife showed COVID-19 symptoms, must resign, a lawmaker from the Prime Minister's Conservative Party has said.
"It is intolerable that Boris' government is losing so much political capital," Steve Baker wrote on Twitter. "Dominic Cummings must go."
Cummings said on Saturday he had behaved reasonably and within the law.
07:24 GMT - Singapore confirms 548 more cases
Singapore's health ministry says it has confirmed 548 more coronavirus cases, taking its overall number of infections to 31,616.
The vast majority of the newly infected people are migrant workers living in dormitories, the ministry said in a statement. Three are permanent residents.
07:14 GMT - Muslims pray outside Al-Aqsa Mosque
Muslims prayed outside the closed gates leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied East Jerusalem's Old City as the holy site remained closed amid coronavirus restrictions over the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
Israeli police, some in riot gear, guarded the entrances to the compound.
Most virus restrictions have been lifted in Jerusalem, but the Al-Aqsa mosque compound remains closed until after Eid, which marks the end of Ramadan.
Israeli police stand guard in front of one of the gates to the Al-Aqsa Mosque as Palestinian Muslims gather to perform Eid al-Fitr prayer in occupied East Jerusalem [Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency]
07:10 GMT - Australia PM pushes jobs, Victoria to resume tourism
Australia's prime minister has stressed the need to create jobs as a way to minimise government welfare spending, while the country's second-most populous state Victoria set out measures to resume tourism.
"Whether it's how we access markets, how we deliver assistance, whether it's to bushfire affected communities ... the thing that gets Australia back to where we want to be is making jobs," Scott Morrison told reporters.
These are his first comments since the Treasury Department flagged last week that Australia had vastly over estimated the initial costs of its coronavirus wage subsidy scheme.
06:30 GMT - Coronavirus kills more than 22,000 people in Brazil
Brazil has confirmed 22,013 fatalities from coronavirus after 965 more deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.
According to the Health Ministry data, the number of cases jumped to 347,398 with 16,508 new cases registered.
Brazil, which has the largest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Latin America, is the second country with the highest number of cases in the world after the US.
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06:15 GMT - Thailand records no new cases for fourth time this month
Thailand has reported no new coronavirus cases and no new deaths, keeping the total at 3,040 confirmed cases and 56 fatalities since the outbreak began in January.
Sunday was the fourth day in this month that there were no new daily cases, said Panprapa Yongtrakul, a spokeswoman for the government's coronavirus task force.
There are 2,921 patients who have recovered and returned home since the outbreak started.
People eat at tables with plastic dividers as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus in Bangkok [Lillian Suwanrumpha/ AFP]
06:00 GMT
Hello, this is Mersiha Gadzo in Doha taking over the live updates from my colleague Ted Regencia in Kuala Lumpur.
04:36 GMT - Australia use apps to trace coronavirus infections
Government officials say six million Australians have downloaded a mobile phone app that helps health authorities trace coronavirus infections.
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said the COVIDSafe app is playing a strong role in Australia's response to the pandemic and several countries have expressed interest in learning from the positive experience.
The government has said at least 40 percent of Australia's 26 million people need to use the app for it to be effective. There are approximately 17 million mobile phones in Australia. If a user is diagnosed, the app works to identify other users who have been in close proximity for 15 minutes or more in the previous three weeks.
03:38 GMT - China confirms three new coronavirus cases
China on Sunday reported three new confirmed cases of coronavirus, according to the Associated Press news agency.
Two of the cases had arrived from outside the country, and one had been locally transmitted in the northeastern province of Jilin, which had experienced a minor outbreak.
No new deaths were reported, and 79 people remain in treatment, with another 380 under isolation. China has reported a total of 4,634 COVID-19 deaths out of 82,974 cases.
03:10 GMT - South Korea reports 25 new cases, total at 11,190
South Korea reported 25 more cases of the new coronavirus as health officials try to bring mass infections tied to Seoul's nightlife district of Itaewon under control, Yonhap news agency reported.
The total number of cases recorded to date has reached 11,190, while its death toll remained unchanged at 266, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement.
Eight of the new cases came from overseas, and 17 are local infections, the statement said. The total number of people released from quarantine after making full recoveries stood at 10,213, up 19 from a day earlier.
03:04 GMT - Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 431 to 178,281
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 431 to 178,281, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Sunday.
The tally showed the reported death toll rising by 31 to 8,247, Reuters news agency reported.
02:30 GMT - Indonesia marks Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan
Muslims in Indonesia are marking a muted holiday of Eid al-Fitr, usually a joyous three-day celebration that has been significantly toned down as coronavirus cases soar.
The world's largest Muslim-majority nation, with more than 240 million people, has reported nearly 22,000 infections and 1,350 fatalities, the most in Southeast Asia.
It means no congregational prayers at mosques and open fields, no family reunions, no relatives bearing gifts for children.
Indonesians after Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end the holy fasting month of Ramadan, amid the spread of COVID-19 in Bekasi, on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta [Willy Kurniawan/Reuters]
01:57 GMT - New York Times front page lists virus victims; US deaths near 100,000
US newspaper The New York Times devoted its entire front page on Sunday to a list of the names of people who died in the coronavirus pandemic.
The names and brief descriptions culled from nationwide obituaries fill six columns under the headline: "US Deaths Near 100,000, an Incalculable Loss," with a sub-headline reading: "They Were Not Simply Names on a List. They Were Us."
The all-text list takes the place of the usual articles, photographs and graphics in an effort to convey the vastness and variety of lives lost, according to Simone Landon, assistant editor of the graphics desk.
A tally kept by Johns Hopkins University says more than 97,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the US, while the Worldometers website showed more than 98,000 US deaths.
01:35 GMT - Mexico tally now at 65,856 coronavirus cases, 7,179 deaths
Mexican health authorities registered 3,329 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the country and 190 new deaths, Reuters news agency reported, quoting a health official. The total number of cases in the country has hit 65,856 with at least 7,179 deaths.
01:01 GMT - Oxford's vaccine trial has 50-percent chance of success: Report
The University of Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine trial has only a 50-percent chance of success as coronavirus cases ebb in the UK, the professor co-leading the development of the vaccine told the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Adrian Hill, director of Oxford's Jenner Institute, which teamed up with drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc to develop the vaccine, ChAdOx1, said an upcoming trial involving 10,000 volunteers threatened to return "no result" due to low COVID-19 transmission in the community.
"At the moment, there's a 50-percent chance that we get no result at all," Hill told the British newspaper. Human trials of the vaccine started in April.
00:40 GMT - Greece reports two coronavirus deaths
Two deaths from COVID-19 were reported in Greece during the last 24-hour period, bringing the death toll to 171, AP news agency reported, quoting health authorities.
Another three infections have been recorded since Friday afternoon, raising the nation's total to 2,876. The number of patients on ventilators stands at 20, while 99 have left intensive care.
Greek authorities say they have administered 152,998 tests for the disease.
00:10 GMT - Brazil registers 965 new coronavirus deaths, cases hit 347,398
Brazil registered 965 new coronavirus deaths on Saturday, taking the total number of deaths to 22,013, the Ministry of Health said.
The country now has 347,398 confirmed cases, according to the ministry, up 16,508 from Friday, when it surpassed Russia to become the world's virus hot spot behind the US.
00:01 GMT - Argentina extends Buenos Aires lockdown until June 7
Argentina extended a mandatory lockdown for the capital, Buenos Aires, until June 7, President Alberto Fernandez has announced, after the city saw a steady increase of coronavirus cases in recent days.
Argentina's lockdown, which was due to expire on Sunday, has been in place since March 20, though officials relaxed restrictions in some areas of the country.
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