Coronavirus has now killed more than 307,000 people

CORONAVIRUS has infected more than 4.5 million people across the world and killed over 307,000, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.

Here are the latest updates on the pandemic from around the world:

THE government is easing travel restrictions to allow people to move freely inside the region where they live as of Monday, and between regions starting June 3.

The decree announced early on Saturday also permits international travel to and from Italy from June 3.

Italy imposed nationwide lockdown rules in early March after it became the first country outside Asia with a major outbreak of coronavirus, but more than 31,000 people have died.

The government has also published rules for restaurants to reopen from Monday, which include ensuring a distance of at least 3ft between patrons, a requirement to take reservations and keep records for at least two weeks, and a recommendation to use disposable or electronic menus that can be read on personal devices. It also recommends, but does not require, taking temperatures of diners as they arrive.

But the rules have already sparked protest among restaurant owners, with several demonstrating outside Milan’s main train station on Saturday.

They say the rules remain unclear and the entire sector – including suppliers and food producers – is suffering. also resumed a limited train service across the country to help stranded migrant workers, students and tourists.

CHINA is shortening its annual legislative session, which begins late next week in Beijing, as small clusters of cases pop up elsewhere in the country.

The spread of the disease has largely stopped in the country where the pandemic started, but Jilin province in the northeast has reported 28 cases over nine days, the latest two on Friday.

OFFICIALS have confirmed 162 coronavirus cases linked to clubgoers in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area, but expressed cautious hope that infections are beginning to wane.

Health ministry official Son Young-rae said on Saturday the country may have ducked a major surge in transmissions in a region where half of its 51 million people live.

Son noted the daily increase in infections has been within 30 over the past few days despite a jump in tests.

He said 46,000 people have been tested following a slew of infections linked to clubs and other nightspots in Seoul’s Itaewon entertainment district.

Authorities have expanded anonymous testing after some media described the clubs linked to infections as catering to sexual minorities, which raised concern people may be discouraged from coming forward over fears of a homophobic backlash.