Coronavirus live news: Italy to get €210bn from new EU Covid-19 recovery fund

By Aamna Mohdin (now); Josh Halliday and Alison Rourke (earlier)

€750bn EU Covid-19 recovery plan agreed in early morning talks; Trump to resume daily briefings; two Brazil ministers test positive

11.31am BST

Hello, I’m Aamna taking over the blog from my colleague Josh for the rest of the day.

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11.02am BST

Iran‘s health ministry says 229 people have died of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, a new high as the country struggles to contain the virus.

The country’s death toll now stands at 14,634 people with nearly 300,000 confirmed cases.

Source: Coronavirus live news: Italy to get €210bn from new EU Covid-19 recovery fund

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