FACTBOX-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus

* The Universal Beijing Resort will reopen on June 15 after being closed more than a month to comply with China's COVID-19 prevention measures, but it will cap the number of visitors at no more than 75% of capacity. * North Korea reported 61,730 more people with fever symptoms amid its first-ever coronavirus outbreak, North Korean state media KCNA said on Tuesday.

FACTBOX-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
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Hopes of an improvement in key economic growth metrics in China have increased as more COVID-19-related restrictions ease in the country, including the scheduled reopening of the Universal Beijing Resort next week. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS

* Eikon users, see COVID-19: MacroVitals https://apac1.apps.cp.thomsonreuters.com/cms/?navid=1592404098 for a case tracker and summary of the news. ASIA-PACIFIC

* China's exports are expected to have expanded at a faster pace in May as factories reopened and supply chain disruptions calmed after Shanghai began to emerge from a lockdown, while imports also likely rose, a Reuters poll showed. * The Universal Beijing Resort will reopen on June 15 after being closed for more than a month to comply with China's COVID-19 prevention measures, but it will cap the number of visitors at no more than 75% of capacity.

* North Korea reported 61,730 more people with fever symptoms amid its first-ever coronavirus outbreak, North Korean state media KCNA said on Tuesday. EUROPE

* Poland hopes to get up to about $2.81 billion in COVID-19 recovery funds from the European Union this year, the finance minister told news agency ISBnews, after Brussels cleared the way for Warsaw to receive the money. * Tourism is rebounding more quickly in Portugal than in some parts of Europe, but the number of foreign visitors this year is still expected to lag the 2019 pre-pandemic record, the country's hotel association AHP said.

AMERICAS * U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing mild symptoms.

* Uruguay President Luis Lacalle Pou said he will not attend the U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas and was "canceling all of his activities for the coming days" after testing positive for COVID-19. AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

* The European Investment Bank has committed 75 million euros ($80 million) to finance the construction of a new facility in Senegal that will produce COVID-19 and other vaccines for use across Africa. MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS

* New data presented at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago suggests that blood cancer patients have strong T-cell responses to COVID-19 vaccines despite a significantly weaker antibody response to the shots than patients with solid tumors. * Pfizer Inc said it would spend $120 million to expand manufacturing of its COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid at its Michigan plant, as demand ramps up.

ECONOMIC IMPACT * China's services activity contracted for a third straight month in May, pointing to a slow recovery ahead despite the easing of some COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and neighboring cities, a private business survey showed.

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