The lockdown has cut traffic pollution everywhere and there are now moves to make greener cities the new normal:

• The French government has announced €20m (£17m; $22m) for pro-cycling measures, including more cycle lanes and a €50 voucher for repairing a bike. Businesses reopen on 11 May and there is concern that many people, fearing catching coronavirus on public transport, may use their cars, creating more traffic jams
• In Belgium there is a new scheme to create 40km (25 miles) of cycle lanes in central Brussels, which suffers from traffic jams

• Russia reports another record rise in coronavirus cases: its total is now above 106,000, after a 7% increase in cases in one day. Officially the number of Covid-19 deaths is 1,073
• Germany’s respected Robert Koch Institute (RKI) says the German infection rate – also called the reproduction or R rate - has dropped to 0.75, from 1. The figure 1 is important: anything above that means the virus could spread again exponentially. At 0.75 it means 10 infected people will on average infect 7.5 others
• Portugal is to announce a detailed plan for easing its lockdown in phases. It is expected to allow small local shops and hairdressers to reopen from Monday. The pandemic has hit Portugal far less hard than its neighbour Spain