EU
Brits ‘could still have summer holidays’ despite pandemic but sunbathe in plexiglass boxes
...summer holiday hot spot Greece is urging the EU to draw up a pact containing common rules - including ‘health passports’ - in a matter of weeks.
Self-catering villas are likely to be allowed to open before big hotels as social distancing is more achievable, while Italian company Nuova Neon Group 2 has designed plexiglass boxes for isolated sunbathing.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brits-could-still-summer-holidays-21898921
CHINA
China rattles sabres as world battles coronavirus pandemic
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) - China is becoming increasingly assertive in the region as the coronavirus crisis eases on the mainland while raging elsewhere in the world, with a crackdown in Hong Kong and sabre-rattling around Taiwan and in the South China Sea.
The U.S. State Department said China was taking advantage of the region’s focus on the pandemic to “coerce its neighbours”.