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Make a contribution - The Guardian Scott Morrison, the Australian PM, has struck a stern tone in saying that the turnout of huge crowds at Bondi beach on Friday in contravention of social distancing rules was “not ok”. He said people had to be more responsible and said the government was considering localised suburban lockdowns. What that means is, what may be necessary in a part of Sydney may not be necessary at all in rural NSW or in Perth or other parts of the country but please be assured that what we are working on is to ensure there is a consistent, as far as possible, set of measures and tools that state premiers and chief ministers can use to apply in each of the cases so if you see it happening in one part of the country, that does not necessarily mean it has to apply in your part of the country. There are parts of the country, particularly in Sydney, where these outbreaks have been more severe and I know the Premier of NSW has been focusing on these very, very keenly, particularly over the course of recent days as we have seen the increase of the number of cases in NSW. Australia bans all non-essential domestic travel The Australian government is banning all non-essential domestic travel as it unveils a A$66bn stimulus program to deal with the virus impact. It has warned of more draconian measures to come. More in a minute on this but for all the details follow our Australia-focused live blog here: Summary UK military planners drafted in to help feed vulnerable. Key military officials are to help ensure food and medicines reach vulnerable people isolated at home during the coronavirus crisis, as part of a nationwide campaign to protect more than a million people most at risk of being hospitalised. Italian PM orders businesses to close all operations. Italy’s government announced the closure of all “non-essential production activities” across the country, after the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose by 793 to 4,825 on Saturday. “Grocery stores and pharmacies will remain open,” said the prime minister, Giuseppe Conte. “But all the rest of the non-essential production activities, including plants and offices, will close down.” Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz dies of Covid-19. The former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz has died of coronavirus aged 76, La Liga announced on Saturday. Sanz, Real’s president from 1995 to 2000, had been admitted to hospital with a fever and tested positive for the virus. Rihanna pledges $5m to curb coronavirus. Rihanna has become the latest celebrity to join the effort to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The singer’s Clara Lionel Foundation announced on Saturday that it has donated $5million to a number of organisations responding to the outbreak. Bolivian presidential elections postponed amid coronavirus outbreak. Bolivia’s interim government announced on Saturday it would postpone presidential elections originally slated for May 3 and institute a mandatory countrywide quarantine for 14 days as coronavirus spread across the Andean nation. The country’s electoral authority said in a statement it would “suspend the elections calendar” for 14 days to match the quarantine, but did not set a new date for the vote. Britons stranded in Peru could be flown home early next week. Hundreds of Britons stranded in Peru due to the coronavirus pandemic could be flown home early next week, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has said. More than 400 British and Irish citizens are believed to be in the Andean nation and have been unable to leave following a 15-day government lockdown imposed since Monday. First coronavirus cases in Gaza Strip. The first two cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the densely-populated Gaza Strip, Palestinian health officials said. That’s it from me (Aaron Walawalkar), in London, this evening. My colleague Helen Davidson, in Hong Kong, will be taking over. ‘Disaster waiting to happen’: visitors flock to UK seaside towns A dentist has warned of a “disaster waiting to happen” as thousands of people flocked to his seaside town in spite of official guidance to stay at home to curb the spread of coronavirus. Hundreds of thousands of people were reported to have visited Skegness, in Lincolnshire, on Saturday, flouting the advice to maintain “social distancing”. Marc Jones, Lincolnshire’s police and crime commissioner, has called for the town’s caravan sites and arcades to be closed, “and quickly”. In a video that has been viewed almost 25,000 times, Skegness dentist Dr Mitchell Clark also urged local businesses to shutter their shops and called for caravan parks to be closed. “I view these actions as massively, massively socially irresponsible. I personally think that those involved should be ashamed of themselves,” he said. “Now is the time for us all to come together, to stay at home bar essential trips, to look after people and to do the right thing.” UK military planners drafted in to help feed vulnerable Key military officials are to help ensure food and medicines reach vulnerable people isolated at home during the coronavirus crisis, as part of a nationwide campaign to protect more than a million people most at risk of being hospitalised. My colleagues Michael Savage and Lisa Bachelor have the full report: Panama’s government has said that two more people have died from coronavirus, bringing the nation’s death toll to three. First coronavirus cases in Gaza strip The first two cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the densely populated Gaza Strip, Palestinian health officials have said. Two Palestinians who had travelled from Pakistan and entered Gaza through Egypt had tested positive for the virus late on Saturday and have been in quarantine in Rafah, a town near the Egyptian border, since their arrival on Thursday, the Gaza health ministry said. Schools, public markets and event halls in Gaza have all been shut over the past two weeks to minimise the risk of coronavirus transmission. The coastal enclave, measuring 375 square kilometres (145 square miles), is home to around two million Palestinians, and poverty and unemployment rates are high. An Israeli-led blockade has put restrictions on the movement of people and goods for years, amid security concerns following the 2007 takeover of Gaza by the Islamist militant group Hamas, three subsequent wars and frequent rounds of violence. Last week Hamas said it would allow only patients requiring urgent medical treatment outside Gaza to cross into Egypt or Israel. According to the Palestinian health ministry, 53 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the occupied West Bank. ‘The worst is yet to come’ – Spanish PM The Spanish government said on Saturday it would do whatever was needed to combat the coronavirus pandemic and warned that “the worst is yet to come” after the national toll surpassed 1,300 deaths and reached close to 25,000 cases. The second-worst outbreak in Europe showed no sign of slowing as the death toll jumped by more than 300 from the previous day. “We have yet to receive the impact of the strongest, most damaging wave, which will test our material and moral capacities to the limit, as well as our spirit as a society,” Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told a news briefing. Sanchez said Spain had not lived through such a dramatic situation since its 1936-39 civil war, in which around half a million people died. Drawing parallels to a war economy, he said his government was working on plans to produce in Spain the equipment needed to battle coronavirus, such as masks. His leftist government a week ago declared a 15-day state of emergency nationwide barring people from all but essential outings. Sanchez praised the “exemplary” response and said he had no plans to strengthen the restrictions, which he called the toughest in Europe. The prime minister also made no mention of extending the state of emergency, though he warned of tough weeks ahead. My colleague Lorenzo Tondo has more on the latest in Italy: Italy’s government has just announced the closure of all “non-essential production activities” across the country, after the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose by 793 to 4,825 on Saturday. “Grocery stores and pharmacies will remain open,” said the prime minister, Giuseppe Conte. “But all the rest of the non-essential production activities, including plants and offices, will close down. This is Italy’s most difficult challenge after WWII. If we stick together, we’ll get through this.” Rumours of closures of all non-essential commercial activities, including plants and offices, have circulated in the last few days, following complaints by workers who were still having to leave their houses. Several regional governors have already ordered the closure of supermarkets at the weekend. Authorities in northern Italy ordered the deployment of hundreds of soldiers to oversee containment measures in the coronavirus crisis. Italian police have so far pressed charges against more than 60,000 people for violating the lockdown, according to figures from the interior ministry.