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FRANCE

France is relaxing its border restrictions as the virus gradually recedes, allowing migrant workers and family visitors from other European countries.

However, since Britain and Spain are requiring quarantine for those arriving from elsewhere in Europe, France is doing the same.

It will be a voluntary 14-day quarantine, based on reciprocity for measures taken by Britain and Spain in an “uncoordinated” manner, the French government said.

Travellers from outside Europe are still banned until at least June 15, except for French citizens.

Meanwhile, French families flocked to the beach at La Grande Motte on the Mediterranean on Sunday, swimming and sunbathing in areas carefully marked out to keep them a safe distance from others.

Reservations are free but required, and there is already a two-day waiting list.

SOUTH KOREA

South Korea has reported 25 additional cases over a 24-hour period, amid a continuation of small-scale outbreaks in the country.

The Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says the additional figures took the country’s total to 11,190 with 266 deaths.

The agency says 10,213 of them have recovered and been released from quarantine.

It says 17 of the 25 new patients were locally infected while the other eight came from overseas.

South Korea eased much of its social distancing rules in early May before it saw a sudden uptick in cases associated with nightclubs in Seoul’s entertainment district.

HAWAII

Hawaii county mayor Harry Kim said the Big Island will allow places of worship, restaurants, hair salons, barber shops and a variety of personal-service businesses to reopen on June 1.

Mr Kim said in his order that the establishments have to follow guidelines on sanitation and social distancing as outlined by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Hawaii Health Department.

Restaurants can resume in-dining services as long as they follow the CDC’s Interim Guidance for Restaurants and Bars and National Restaurant Association Guidelines.

The other personal services that are allowed to reopen are tutoring, music lessons, massages, yoga and personal training.