An investigation has been launched in France after a TV exposé revealed “clandestine” luxury dinners in Paris despite the pandemic.

The M6 channel showed the nation’s political elite were brazenly ignoring rules they had set for the public, according to AFP. Its report included hidden camera footage from a restaurant in a high-end part of Paris, where neither the staff nor diners were wearing masks. Government ministers are thought to have attended the restaurant.

“We don’t wear a mask here. Once you pass through the doors, Covid no longer exists. We want people to feel at ease,” a staff member told the undercover team.

All restaurants and cafes have been closed in France for dining in for the last five months. This week the country began a new national lockdown to deal with another surge in Covid infections.

Paris prosecutor Rémy Heitz said Sunday that a criminal probe had been opened into putting the lives of others at risk.

The investigation would assess “if these evenings were organised in defiance of health rules and to determine who were the possible organisers and participants.”

People aged under-30 in the UK may stop being given the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, over concerns about rare blood clots, according to Channel 4 News.

Several countries across Europe have suspended its use in their vaccine programmes over the concerns, and data on Friday showed that seven people had died from blood clots in the UK after getting the jab.

“Two senior sources have told this programme that while the data is still unclear, there are growing arguments to justify offering younger people – below the age of 30 at the very least – a different vaccine,” the broadcaster reported on Monday night.

The UK’s regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), said no decision had been taken. The body, along with several scientists, said the benefits of the vaccine in preventing Covid far outweigh the small risks of blood clots, and continue to encourage people to get their jabs.

Chief executive June Raine said: “Our thorough and detailed review is ongoing into reports of very rare and specific types of blood clots with low platelets following the Covid-19 vaccine AstraZeneca.

“No decision has yet been made on any regulatory action.”

Mexico’s government has reported another 252 more deaths from Covid, and a further 1,247 cases, according to the health ministry on Monday.

It means that 204,399 have now died from the virus, and there have been 2,251,705 infections. The country’s government says that real both figures are likely to be significantly higher, and the death toll itself may be 60% above the confirmed figure, Reuters reports.

Hospitals are coming under mounting pressure in Poland, where daily infections have been above more than 35,000 in each of the last two days.

New restrictions have been ordered to prevent large gatherings over Easter, according to Associated Press.

On Sunday, Covid patients filled all of the beds in the hospital in Bochnia, 40km east of Kraków. One patient Edward Szumanski, 82, said some still refused to see the virus as a threat. About 55,000 people have been killed by the virus in the country.

“The disease is certainly there, and it is very serious. Those who have not been through it, those who do not have it in their family, may be deluding themselves, but the reality is different,” he said.

Authorities in neighbouring Ukraine have also introduced tighter restrictions after a spike in recent cases. Schools have been closed by its government for the next fortnight, and public transport access has been restricted.

The US has now administered 167,187,795 vaccines and distributed a total of 207,891,395 to clinics, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has reported.

The tally includes Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson jabs, according to the agency.

Travel companies in the UK have expressed frustration after Boris Johnson held off from confirming a date for international travel to resume.

All shops in England will be allowed to reopen from next Monday, while pubs and restaurants will be allowed to serve customers outdoors, in line with the previously announced roadmap for easing restrictions.

However, the travel industry was disappointed with the lack of clarity on whether holidays will be allowed on 17 May, the date by which the government is aiming to restart international travel.

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Data from Spain’s health ministry shows that its coronavirus infection rate is accelerating.

Latest figures, according to Reuters, indicate that the infection rate over the last fortnight is 163.4 cases per 100,000 people – up from 151.8 cases.

Health chief Fernando Simon said pressure on the health system was beginning to increase but added it was far milder than in previous waves. Another 10,360 cases were reported on Saturday, and the country’s death toll rose by 85 to 75,783.

“What is clearly decreasing is the number of deaths, which has a lot to do with the immunisation of the elderly and the most vulnerable,” he told a news conference.

UK firms will need help with the “ethical, legal and practical” challenges of Covid passports, according to the Confederation of British Industry.

John Foster, the body’s director of policy, said the government’s confirmation that retail and outdoor hospitality could reopen on 12 April meant the sector could “gear up with certainty and confidence”, according to PA Media.

He added: “The government has listened to industry concerns and is seeking to deploy them in a targeted way. These first trials will be watched with great interest.

“Any introduction ought to come with rigorous guidance and enforcement to help firms navigate ethical, legal and practical implementation challenges.”

Goldman Sachs is preparing for hundreds of staff to go back to its London office this week in the latest sign of companies eyeing a return to more normal working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic.

As many as 200 of the US investment bank’s workers could return to the London office in the week after the Easter break. Goldman Sachs employs about 6,000 workers in London overall.

Bankers were classed as key workers if their jobs support the functioning of the economy and financial stability, meaning some have been allowed to go to the office throughout the pandemic.

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Turkey nearly saw another all-time high level of Covid-cases, as 42,551 tested positive in the last 24 hours.

The country broke its record over the Easter weekend, and ranks fifth globally for the most daily cases based on a seven-day average, according to Reuters.

Cases have risen sharply since the government eased measures to curb the pandemic in early March. Saturday saw a record high of 44,756.

Last week president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reintroduced a tightening of measures, including full-national weekend lockdowns during Ramadan, which starts on 13 April. 32,456 have died of the virus in the country.

Away from the UK, in France the number of people in intensive care units with Covid rose by 92 to 5,433 on Monday – higher than the peak of the second wave.

The country, where a third national lockdown was imposed on Saturday, reported 197 more Covid-19 deaths in hospitals over the last 24 hours according to Reuters. A total of 70,771 have now died from the virus in French hospitals.

Some reaction is starting to filter through, the CEO of London’s Heathrow airport said it was disappointing Johnson didn’t say when international holidays would start again.

The government said it was too soon to confirm whether holidays could happen this summer, suggesting it could be pushed back beyond 17 May.

“Now that a safe, scientifically-backed process has been agreed upon, a clearer timeline for the return to international travel is needed,” its CEO John Holland-Kaye said.

“The roadmap continues to be one we are sticking to like glue,” Johnson says, rounding off the briefing. “All the data suggests that we have no reason to deviate from it, we are going to get to step two on 12 April and at the moment things seem set for 17 May but we will keep things constantly under review.”

And that’s the end of it.

Final question from CityAM, who asks whether there be clarity and certainty for the aviation industry ahead of further unlocking, and says whether there will be more support for London – including a long term financial settlement for Transport for London (TfL)

Johnson says he will give as much notice as possible to the aviation industry, and adds that the London economy is capable of “bouncing back”, and that he wants to get people moving again and back into central London.

“That requires people to be safe, that requires people to be confident and requires the vaccine rollout to continue to be successful until we get to steps three and four, then you will see a big change in the way we live our lives,” he said.

The prime minister also says he believes there’s a paradox in that the more people work remotely, the more they will want to work together in person. He ends by saying he left TfL’s finances in “robust order” and blames London mayor Sadiq Khan for its financial problems.

A question for the scientists from the Daily Express’ Macer Hall, who asks for an update on an end to social distancing measures, on when they can hug friends and family.

On Covid certificates, he raises the idea that Covid certificates are “un-British,” asking the PM if this is the case.

Vallance says it will be hard to assess the impact of the changes in the roadmap until later, and that scientists still don’t know the impact of the relaxation on 29 March. Social distancing measures like hand hygiene and people staying at home if they are ill, are likely to be important measures.

On vaccine passports, Johnson says some medical professionals already have to show they have had jabs for work, but full plans are still a way off – and encourages people to get their jabs.

Jane Merrick from the i, asks about children and vaccination passports – and asks whether Johnson, a year since he was admitted to hospital, expected to be in this position now.

Johnson repeats his line about people taking their fences too early, including on the idea children will have to produce them. He says that a year on he is filled with “amazement” that science has produced so many vaccines. “I was a great believer in testing being the way through, I could see this going for a long time, but I would never thought we’ve have had so many workable vaccines.”

Whitty said it’s no surprise the virus is still in the population and it isn’t going to disappear. He said his surprise is the speed with which the vaccines have been produced. Vallance agrees, adding that the second and third waves he feared have been borne out.

Beth Rigby from Sky asks whether twice-weekly testing and Covid certification is Johnson’s “vision for freedom”.

She asks Whitty on whether the UK can learn anything from Chile, who has one of the world’s fastest vaccination rates but has recently closed its borders to stop new variants entering.

Johnson said: “On the vision for the future of Britain after 21 June, many things will depend on the vaccine roll out and us satisfying the four tests, and if things continue to go well, for many people life will begin to get back to at least some semblance of normality.

“A world in which we continue to have testing is not gong to be too onerous, but you’re slightly putting the cart before the horse, we need to make sure we get through stage two right and get through 12 April openings, 17 May openings and then 21 June 21, we finally open up a lot of things we couldn’t open up last year. Things will feel very different for the first time in a long time.”

On Chile, Whitty says both Chile and Israel provide two differing examples, and the UK needs to learn from countries ahead of it, but there are others. “Information from other countries and ourselves will show how much we need to lower our guard.”

Question on support for business from Shehab Khan, from ITV, on vaccine passports and whether there will be any support for businesses and low compliance levels with test, trace and isolating.

Johnson says there will be more information to come on when vaccine passports might be used. He adds that testing has been a great success, in helping identify variants.

First question from the media is from the BBC on whether there will be a vote on vaccine passports in parliament, and saying that 40 Conservative party MPs have already said they will opposite them.

Johnson starts by saying the vaccine passports would not be used for the opening up of the country in step two being confirmed today, but envisages it being used for international travel and “mass events”.

He adds: “There are complicated ethical and practical issues raised by the idea of vaccination status certification. Using vaccination alone, many people for one reason for another may be unable to get the vaccination for medical reasons, perhaps because they’re pregnant, so you’ve got to be very careful in how you handle this.”

On a vote, he says: “We are taking too many fences at once, we need to work out exactly what the proposal might be, but certainly if there is something to put to parliament, I have no doubt we will do that.”

The next is from Matthew in Norwich, who asks whether Covid-19 mutations could end up affecting children more.

Vallance says that there are few signs that the virus affects children but that trials have begun to see how safe it would be for children to have the vaccine.

First question from the public, Catherine from Basingstoke, who asks when care home residents can leave for a walk, or a visit to a cafe, saying she’s asking on the behalf of her 94-year-old grandmother.

Johnson replies that more people are able to visit elderly relatives in care homes now, and that a review is taking place on her request, to get it going in a “reasonable and safe way”.

“We are setting out our roadmap to freedom and we are sticking to it,” Johnson continues. “We see no sign in our present data to think that we will have to deviate from the programme.

“But it is by being cautious and monitoring the data at every stage and by following the rules, remembering hands, face, space and fresh air, that we hope, together to make this roadmap to freedom irreversible.”

Boris Johnson, flanked by the government’s chief scientific officer Sir Patrick Vallance and its chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty, has just taken up position at Downing Street’s press briefing room.

That is me done for the day. But my colleague Harry Taylor is taking over the blog for the rest of the evening, so feel free to send any story tips to him.

Thailand’s capital Bangkok will close 196 entertainment venues for two weeks, the city’s governor has said, following a new surge in Covid cases, Reuters reports.

The venues will be closed from Tuesday until 19 April as they are located in three districts where some venues are linked to a new cluster of more than 100 people who tested positive for coronavirus in recent days, said Asawin Kwanmuang, governor of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.

Haiti does not have a single vaccine to offer its more than 11 million people over a year after the pandemic began, raising concerns among health experts that the wellbeing of Haitians is being pushed aside as violence and political instability across the country deepen.

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In the UK, 26 more people have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19, and there has been 2,762 new cases, according to government data.

Both marked a rise from the figures released on Sunday, although the data was distorted over the long Easter weekend.

You can read the official release here.

A total of 31,090,290 Covid vaccinations took place in England between 8 December and 4 April, according to NHS England data, including first and second doses, which is a rise of 66,108 on the previous day.

NHS England said 26,746,039 were the first dose of a vaccine, a rise of 26,617 on the previous day, while 4,344,251 were a second dose, an increase of 39,491, PA Media reports.

Pfizer has withheld a delivery of 700,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines to Israel after the country failed to pay for a previous shipment, the Jerusalem Post reports.

According to the paper, the company halted the delivery, which was expected to arrive on Sunday, after Israeli officials failed to approve transfer of payment for the last 2.5 million doses supplied to the country.

According to the Jerusalem Post:

Senior officials at Pfizer have said they are concerned that the government-in-transition will not pay up and the company does not want to be taken advantage of. They said that they do not understand how such a situation can occur in an organised country.

Israel has been hailed for conducting one of the world’s fastest coronavirus mass vaccination campaigns.

Healthcare authorities in Rwanda have issued an important corrective to a businesswoman who claimed on Twitter that she would no longer need to be tested for coronavirus after receiving her vaccine.

After receiving her second dose of vaccine yesterday, Lina Higiro, the chief executive of NCBA Bank Rwanda, had tweeted: “Got my Covid certificate! No more tests … Gift of a lifetime.”

In response, the Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Rwanda’s integrated healthcare agency, told her:

So there you go.

Reuters reports:

Oman will only allow citizens and residents to enter the Gulf Arab state from 8 April following an increase in Covid-19 cases that is pressuring the health care system, the country’s coronavirus committee said on Monday.

The committee also extended an evening ban on all commercial activities until the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which is due to start in mid-April this year, according to a statement on state media.

A curfew imposed on 28 March on movement of vehicles and people outdoors between 8 pm and 5 am would be lifted, as scheduled, on 8 April but would be reinstated during the month of Ramadan from 9 pm to 4 am, the statement added.

Calls are growing in Germany for the introduction of nationwide coronavirus restrictions amid confusion and frustration over patchwork arrangements across the country as the infection rate continues to rise, my colleague Kate Connelly writes.

The majority of Germans are in favour of a more unified approach to tackling the virus, now in its third wave, according to a poll, ahead of an expected tightening of rules after the holiday weekend.

Fifty-three per cent of Germans have said they would like to see the government setting the rules without the support of the 16 states, according to a poll by YouGov, in order to introduce more clarity.

The chancellor, Angela Merkel, has persistently called for tighter, more unified rules across the country, but has frequently been overruled by the leaders of the states, leading to a weakening of her standing.

Here is the full story:

Related: Germany faces calls for nationwide approach to Covid restrictions

A further 15 people who tested positive for Covid-19 have died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 86,422, NHS England said on Monday.

Patients were aged between 51 and 90 and all had known underlying health conditions.

The deaths occurred between 21 March and 4 April, with the majority being on or after 1 April, PA Media reports.

Scotland recorded 248 new Covid cases and no deaths of coronavirus patients in the past 24 hours, according to the latest data.

Cruise operator Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd has said it would require mandatory vaccinations for guests and crew when it restarts trips from US ports from July, Reuters reports.

The company’s announcement follows the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest guidance last week to the cruise ship industry, including the need for Covid vaccinations.

This is from Susan Michie, who is on the Sage subcommittee advising on behavioural science:

Indian biotech firm Panacea Biotec Ltd has agreed to produce 100m doses of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid vaccine annually, the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which markets the shot internationally, said on Monday.

RDIF did not say when production would begin, according to Reuters.

The news comes after Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, discussed the Russian vaccine and its use in Europe with Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron last week.

My colleague Jon Henley reported on the talks:

Related: Merkel, Macron and Putin in talks on using Sputnik V jab in Europe, says Kremlin

In Scotland, hairdressers are among the businesses allowed to reopen as some curbs have been eased (see earlier post for text):

A further eight people have died with Covid-19 in Wales since Saturday, health officials have reported.

It means the total number of deaths reported to Public Health Wales since the pandemic began stands at 5,519.

Labour has said it is “completely outrageous” that up to 8,000 tourists may be arriving in Britain every day and demanded the government tighten up its hotel quarantine system to avoid new coronavirus variants being brought into the country.

Nick Thomas-Symonds, the shadow home secretary, said ministers were not doing enough to secure the borders after the Times reported the statistic, as well as other figures including that as many as 90% of arrivals at Gatwick airport are tourists.

Aubrey Allegretti, one of the Guardian’s political correspondents, has the latest:

Related: Labour says reports of up to 8,000 tourists arriving a day are ‘staggering’

French authorities are investigating a