Coronavirus live: Italy eases night-time curfew; Germany to offer vaccines to all over-16s

Italy relaxes restrictions in areas with low cases; Germany will scrap its vaccine priority list from 7 June; Taiwan posts 333 new cases in worsening outbreak

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9.52pm BST

New York state this week will drop face mask requirements in most public spaces for vaccinated against Covid-19, conforming with the latest US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, the governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday.

Whereas, in California, the governor Gavin Newsom said his state would keep its mask order in place for another month, despite the CDC's new recommendations.

Unvaccinated people should continue to wear a mask.

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9.27pm BST

Italy's government on Monday approved a decree pushing back with immediate effect a nightly coronavirus curfew to 11pm from 10pm and easing other curbs in the regions where infections are low, Reuters reports.

The prime minister Mario Draghi's government agreed the curfew would begin at midnight from 7 June and be abolished altogether from 21 June in those areas, a statement said, in line with a plan to gradually relax restrictions across the country.