Summary

  • People around Wales have joined the weekly applause for health service and other key workers

  • Details of a review of the lockdown in Wales are expected on Friday, following a Welsh cabinet meeting on Thursday evening

  • Schools in Wales will not reopen on 1 June after closing due to coronavirus, Education Minister Kirsty Williams confirms

  • Public Health Wales reported a further 18 deaths with Covid-19 in Wales on Thursday, making a total of 1,062 deaths

  • The chief executive of Public Health Wales has said she was "not familiar" with Welsh ministers' original aim to carry out 9,000 daily coronavirus tests by the end of April

  • The Bank of England warns that the pandemic will push the UK economy towards its deepest recession on record

  • The contribution of front-line workers and those helping during the coronavirus pandemic is being celebrated by BBC Wales' Welsh Heroes Day