View on the world: April 17

• Three astronauts from the International Space Station have landed on earth.
• WHO's Dr Maria van Kerkhove said there was "no evidence" that having had the virus would guarantee immunity. Evidence shows that not all people develop antibodies so chances of creating "herd immunity" are not high.

Australia
takeaway shops and public transport open
shut borders to non-residents
voluntary app might  be introduced, but needs 40% of the population to consent to using it. It is similar to Singapore's called TraceTogether. It uses Bluetooth. If you’ve tested positive for Covid-19, health authorities could monitor your movements through the app and trace who you were near - if that person has the app they’d be informed they were near an infected person.

Belgium 
5,163 deaths, half in carehomes.

China
4,600 deaths
The Chinese city of Wuhan - where the virus emerged - has revised its Covid-19 death toll up by 1,290, to 3,869 - an increase of 50%. Because to include some of those who died outside hospital, and some delayed reports.

Denmark
7,000 positives, 321 deaths.
allows dentists, opticians, tattoo and piercing studios and several other professions to return to work from Monday, Cafes and restaurants remain shut

Germany
133,830 positives, 3,868 deaths

India 
Almost 13,000 positives, 437 deaths
The leader of  prominent Muslim group has been charged with manslaughter after a meeting it held caused 1,023 cases across 17 states

Indonesia 
5,516 positives, 496 deaths

Japan 
expanded its state of emergency to the entire country

New Zealand
1,409 positives, 11 deaths
full shutdown

Russia 
has announced a record 4,070 new cases and 41 deaths.

Singapore
4,427 positives,

Spain
188,068 positives, 19,478 deaths

The Netherlands
30.449 possitives
9.465 admissions (past and present)
3.459 deaths

UK
14,576 hospital deaths

• London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants the government to change its guidelines on face masks, saying wearing them while travelling in the city should be compulsory.
• Londoners urged to join minute's silence for bus drivers  at 11:00 BST on Friday
•  a new government-led “vaccine taskforce”, which he says will accelerate the development and manufacture of vaccines in the UK to fight the coronavirus outbreak.
• Clinical trials using existing medicines to treat coronavirus have 5,500 participants

USA
672,200 positives, 33,000 deaths
T wants to end lock down