The prime minister will chair the regular morning cabinet meeting on coronavirus later for the first time in weeks. Boris Johnson is back in Downing Street after recovering from the disease. He spent a week in hospital, including three nights in intensive care. Read more about what it's like to get better after Covid-19 from our health and science correspondent.

Over the coming days Mr Johnson faces hugely difficult decisions over how and when to relax the UK's lockdown, balancing the risks to health against the economic impact of continuing restrictions. On Sunday, the PM's understudy, Dominic Raab, said social distancing would remain for "some time", but others want the government to consider following the example of some countries with a partial reopening of businesses and schools. Non-food retailers are already looking at ways they could function by adopting similar measures to those used in supermarkets.

Away from the economic impact, the lockdown presents particular challenges for certain individuals, especially hundreds of thousands of adults with autism. Read why. And find out why people with motor neurone disease say they face extra worries too.

Finally on Monday, the Royal Mail has announced it will stamp all letters with a special postmark this week to celebrate Captain Tom Moore's 100th birthday. He, of course, raised £29m for the NHS by walking laps of his garden. Hear the stories of some of those inspired by his actions to do good deeds of their own.

Billions of people have been living under restrictions designed to limit the spread of coronavirus, but a number of nations are now taking steps to relax them. 

Italy - where the lockdown has lasted longer than anywhere else in Europe - will begin doing so from 4 May. Parks, museums and shops will be able to open and people will be able to visit relatives. Schools, though, will stay shut until Septmeber. Spain - also hit hard by the virus - allowed children outside for the first time in six weeks on Sunday.

In the US, more states are also easing restrictions. On Friday, the country saw its largest single-day spike in cases, but the infection rate has dropped significantly in several hotspots, including New York, the US epicentre. President Donald Trump called off his daily press conferences over the weekend after the controversy about those disinfectant remarks .

Elsewhere, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says  the virus is effectively eliminated in her country, meaning it is moving out of its toughest lockdown. And in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the pandemic began, the last Covid-19 patients have been discharged from hospital. Read about the Chinese billionaire trying to stop coronavirus and repair China's reputation. 

Cases are continuing to surge in some places though - Singapore, for example - and there are fears of a second wave of infections in every country if restrictions are eased too soon. We explore the idea of using so-called social "bubbles" as a way to edge back towards normal.

Follow all the latest updates via our live page, and check out our visual guide to the impact of coronavirus on the global economy.

Are your children asking lots of questions about coronavirus? Jonathan Ball, professor of virology at the University of Nottingham, has answered some sent to the BBC by youngsters. Another of those trying to help kids deal with the situation is illustrator Axel Sheffler, of Gruffalo fame. He tells us about creating a book about coronavirus . Finally on the subject of children, should parental leave be extended given all that's happened? Hear why some think it should.

The papers leave Boris Johnson in no doubt about the challenges he's facing as he returns to work. The Daily Mail thinks it isn't plausible for the "grinding lockdown to prevail much longer". The i's political editor, Nigel Morris, feels the early approval among the public for the government's handling of the crisis appears to be ebbing away. The Daily Telegraph suggests Mr Johnson is "increasingly bullish" about modifying the restrictions - possibly as early as this week. According to the Times, advisers have been appointed to help ministers draw up guidance for different sectors, so companies can get back to work. The Financial Times believes one of the thorniest dilemmas is the question of when to reopen schools. Finally, the papers celebrate the efforts of the fundraisers who came up with inventive tests of endurance to make up for the postponement of the London Marathon.

From elsewhere

BBC Ouch is following Kate and Holly during their 12-week isolation. This week they deal with guilt, DIY and picky eating. Meanwhile, Radio 4's In Business takes us as far back as the 14th Century to look at how plagues and pandemics have affected economies.

The Boss series profiles business leaders from around the world and this week the team talks to the woman behind reusable cup company KeepCup. Elsewhere, from class boundaries to "situationships", Sally Rooney's Normal People defined the messiness of relationships - read all about it. And finally, horse racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght picks his favourite sporting moments as he leaves the BBC after 30 years.