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let's return now to the key announcments made by the prime minister at today's daily briefing in downing street. the prime minister said a further 377 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in all uk settings in the past day. the overall uk death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 37,837. borisjohnson went on to say that he was confident that the government's five tests for the easing of lockdown restrictions are being met. these include a sustained fall in daily hospital admissions, a consistent fall in the daily death rates. and the rate of infection decreasing to manageable levels. as a result — easing measures are to change and from monday up to six people will be allowed to gather in parks and private gardens — as long as they are social distancing. and some retail outlets — such as car showrooms and outdoor markets —

will be able to open onjune one. other nonessential retail outlets — such as clothes shops — are to open from june 15th. before i set out our next steps in the fight against coronavirus let me update you on the latest data. 3 million tests for coronavirus have now been carried out in the uk. including 119,000 587 test carried out yesterday. 269,127 people have tested positive and that's an increase of 1000 887 cases since yesterday. 8560 people are in hospital with coronavirus down 11% from 9000 607 this time last week.

and sadly of those tested positive for coronavirus across all settings 37,837 have now died. that's an increase of 307 seven fatalities since yesterday and we are with their friends since yesterday and we are with theirfriends and since yesterday and we are with their friends and family —— 377. in morning. as you know we have sent five tests which must be met before adjusting the lockdown. i've sent out on the first slide. it is vital that these tests are met before any changes are made. because we must not risk all the hard work and sacrifice of the british people. at all times we are informed by the data and evidence about the spread of the virus and the impact of the measures taken of the virus and the impact of the measures ta ken so of the virus and the impact of the measures taken so far. i will now ta ke measures taken so far. i will now take it through our latest assessment of progress against each of the five tests. 0ur

assessment of progress against each of the five tests. our first test is to protect the nhs is ability to cope. so that we are confident that we're able to provide care and specialist cope. so that we are confident that we're able to provide care and specialist treatment right across the uk. at the start of the outbreak that was significant concern that the nhs would not be able to cope. that turned out not to be the case thanks to the heroic efforts of eve ryo ne thanks to the heroic efforts of everyone who works for the nhs and the heroic efforts of the british people to contain this virus. the data showed that on the 26th of may for hundred and 75 people were admitted to hospital in england with coronavirus. that's down from a peak of 3121 on a single day on the 2nd of 3121 on a single day on the 2nd of april. 0n the 27th of may, 11% of mechanical ventilator beds and the uk were occupied by patients with

coronavirus. that's down from a peak of 4100 on the 10th of april. this significant progress means that we are meeting the first test. 0ur second test to see a sustained and consistent fall in the deaths from covid—19 so we are confident that we've moved beyond the peak. as measured by a seven day rolling average the uk daily death rate now stands at 256 down from a peak of 943. on the 14th of april. while every death is one to many it is now the case that there has been a sustained and consistent fall in the daily death rate. and so the second testis daily death rate. and so the second test is being met. i'm a third test is to receive reliable information, reliable data of sage showing that

the rate of infection, the number of people think of it is decreasing to manageable levels across the board. and in the last seven days in average of 2312 new cases were confirmed with a positive test that is down from a peak of 5066 in the first week of may. based on the various data available the government is satisfied that the third test is being met. in a moment sir patrick will tell us more about other methods of measuring infections including the r number. 0ur forecast is that we must be confident that the range of operational challenges including testing capacity and personal protective equipment are in hand

with supply able to meet future demand. ifully with supply able to meet future demand. i fully acknowledge the difficulties on testing and ppe that we have faced since the start of the outbreak. it's been immensely frustrating but we are now making progress. yesterday we carried out 119,000 587 tests. compared to around 12,000 at the start of april. testing capacity has now increased to 161,214 a day. we have now signed over 100 new deals with ppe suppliers around the world. here in the uk thanks to the efforts of lord dighton and his team and the brilliance of domestic manufacturers we have signed contracts for over 2 billion items for ppe including facemask, visors, gowns and aprons. we are therefore satisfied that the

fourth test is being met and we can start to rebuild stocks. although we recognise there may be some settings that require urgent restocking on occasion. 0urfifth that require urgent restocking on occasion. 0ur fifth and final test is that we must be confident that any adjustments to the current measures will not risk a second peak of infections that overwhelm the nhs. iam of infections that overwhelm the nhs. i am very grateful to the chief scientific adviser and medical officerfor scientific adviser and medical officer for their assessments of the measures i'm about to send out on schools, retail, and social contact. although all parts of the uk are moving in the same direction, it is important to note that health is devolved and different parts of the uk are quite properly moving at different speeds. this package has

been carefully designed so that we can ease the burdens of the lockdown while expecting to keep that are below one. i cannot and will not throw away all the gains we have made together and so the changes we are making are limited and cautious. it's thanks to the consciousness shown so far that all —— consciousness. all five tests are being met. that's not my achievement of the governments achievement, it is your achievement. it's only possible thanks to your resolve and dedication to our national purpose to ove rco m e dedication to our national purpose to overcome this virus. the result is we can't move forward with adjusting the lockdown in england on monday. first, as i set out on sunday we will now reopen schools to more children. cleansing schools has

deprived children —— closing schools. has deprived children of their education. it so often the most disadvantaged students at risk being hardest hit. 0n most disadvantaged students at risk being hardest hit. on monday we will start to put this right in a safeway by reopening nurseries and other earlier settings and reception, year one and year six in primary schools. a fortnight later on the 15th of june secondary schools will begin to provide some face—to—face contact time for years ten and 12. second, we will also start to reopen shops as we restart our economy. we will begin on monday with outdoor retail and car showrooms by... while social distancing is generally easier. in a fortnight later on the 15th ofjune we intend to reopen other nonessential retail. but only

provided the five tests are still being met and shops have been made covid—19 secure. lastly, i know the toll the lockdown has taken on family and friends who've been unable to see each other. so for monday, we will allow up to six people to meet outside provided those from different households continue strictly to observe social distancing rules by staying two metres apart. at the moment as you know, people can meet in parks but not in private gardens and this was a cautious first step. we know there is no difference in the health risk. so we will now allow people to meet and gardens and other private outdoor spaces. these changes mean that friends and family can start to meet their loved ones,

perhaps seeing both parents at once or perhaps both grandparents at once. and i know from many people this will be a long—awaited and joyful moment. but i must stress that to control the virus, everyone needs to stay alert act responsibly, strictly observe social distancing rules and stay two metres apart from those you do not live with. minimising contact with others is still the best way to prevent transmission. you should also try to avoid seeing people from too many households in quick succession so we can avoid the risk of great transmission. and it remains the case that people should not be homes inside their friends of friends and family nor

inside the homes of friends and families unless it is to access the garden, to get to the garden. i should add, that at this stage, i am afraid that those who have been asked to to shield themselves, should continue to do so, and i want to say to those extremely clinically vulnerable people, who are now being shielded, that i do understand how difficult this has been for you especially, and i want to thank you for all the efforts you have gone to, because your actions have helped the nhs to cope. we are looking carefully at how we can make your life easier and better support you and we want to say more on the that soon. i want to reassure everyone that we can make all of the changes i have outlined in a safe way. we know that children

and particularly young children are much less likely to be seriously affected by the virus. we know that if shops enforce social distancing, as required, by our covid secure guidelines, then the virus is less likely to spread, and crucially, we know that transmission of the virus is far lower outdoor, so we can confidently allow more interaction outside. i understand that people will have questions as to how to do all of this safely. and we will publish guidance on these changes to help people, to help you make the most of them. i know inevitably that there may be some anomalies or inconsistencies in these roles. and clearly what we are proposing is still just a fraction clearly what we are proposing is stilljust a fraction of clearly what we are proposing is still just a fraction of the clearly what we are proposing is stilljust a fraction of the social interaction each of us would normally enjoy. i know many of you

will find this frustrating and i'm sorry about that. but i'm afraid thatis sorry about that. but i'm afraid that is unavoidable given the nature of the invisible enemy that we are fighting. it's a complex problem. and we are asking for everyone's patience as we work through it together. we will inevitably not get everything right first time. but i must ask everyone to remember that it's the same patients, the same ha rd it's the same patients, the same hard work and sacrifices of the british people in lockdown that have got us so far and allowed us to make the progress that we have. by protecting the nhs, getting us through the peak and getting this virus under control we are able to deliver all of the adjustments and easing of restrictions i have set out today. these adjustments are

most of those we set out to achieves in step two of our road map and we have also been able to have them in place byjune one as we had hoped. there is no doubt that we are making progress and i'm hopeful that in the coming weeks we may be able to do more. because obviously, while protecting the health and safety of the public is and must always be our number one priority, we must also work to restart our economy and society was up so as many people as possible can begin returning to their way of life. but i want to reaffirm that fundamental commitment to the british people. that all the steps we have ta ken to the british people. that all the steps we have taken and will take our conditional. they are conditional on all the data and all the scientific advice, and it is not

scientific advice that will help us tojudge what we scientific advice that will help us to judge what we are doing is say. and i have to warn you, and all frankness as we go forward there will be further local outbreaks. so we will monitor what is going on very carefully, we will put on the bra kes very carefully, we will put on the brakes as required and where necessary we will reimpose measures. ethic it's very important to be clear about that upfront. and as before, we will see how these new changes are working and we will look at the r value and the number of new infections before taking any further steps so we can ensure that anything we do does not risk a second peak that could overwhelm the nhs. yesterday as i hope you all know we took a huge step forward that will enable us to keep making progress

and returning our lives to his close to normal as possible. while continuing to control the virus and isolate any new outbreaks. and that isolate any new outbreaks. and that is through our new nhs test and trace programme. in england the scottish government has established test and protect and welsh irish will follow up next week. and i'll show you a short video that explains how nhs test and trace works in england and what we all need to do to play our part. the government is doing all it can to find and develop a vaccine or treatment for coronavirus. but how do we return to normal life for as many people as possible while the search goes on? the answer is the new nhs test and trace service. here's how it works.

if you have covid—19 symptoms you must self—isolate get a test. then you will know for sure if you and your household must continue to self—isolate. if you test positive for covid—19 you will be either online about your recent close contacts with someone you've been within two metres of for 15 minutes. and places you visited. the people you been in contact will then be told to self—isolate for 14 days. te st told to self—isolate for 14 days. test and trace works. because it allows localised patterns of infection to be detected and contained so the vast majority of people can return to a more normal life. but we need everyone to play their part. if you have symptoms self—isolate, get tested and also self—isolate, get tested and also self—isolate if you are told to buy in nhs contact tracer. thanks. sir

patrick. thank you, may have the foresight please. just to update you oi'i foresight please. just to update you on where we are in terms of where we are in terms of the er. the current value is somewhere between .7 and .9. it remains close to one. it may be very close to one in some areas. just to remind you of what that means, if the r is at one it means that the epidemic stays at the same level it is now. the same numbers. above one it's growing, below one it is shrinking. numbers coming down at the moment but they are not coming down fast and the r stays close to one. to put that into context of numbers. these are the numbers from the most recent office of national

statistics that is a household survey taking samples from now over 8000 households and 17,000 or so people. nearly 18,000 people now. looking at the number of infections. so the proportion of people over the past couple of weeks with covert infection is not .2 for for percent from the population from the survey. that means that somewhere in the order of 130,000 people have covert infection. the second important number is the number of new infections. the so—called incidents. the number of new infections is estimated to be roughly one and 1000 per week. it means that 55,000 new cases are occurring every week. ——

54,000 that is not a low number. so it is worth remembering that we still have a significant burden of infection. we are still seeing new infections every day quite a significant rate. and they are is close to one. that means there is not a lot of room to do things. and things need to be done cautiously step— by—step things need to be done cautiously step—by—step and monitored and the test and trace system needs to be effective in order to manage that. so that's where we are as of today. and it won the last figure on the slide which is an estimate of the numberof slide which is an estimate of the number of people across the country who might have had the infection as measured by an antibody presence. that is something in the order of 6%. so it is still the case that the vast majority of us have not had the infection. and this is a virus for which all of us are susceptible.

this set of figures urges caution in terms of the measures we take, how we take them and how we monitor them. thanks very much, patrick. the questions from the public and then from the media. we are going toj. i'm a 33—year—old full—time working mum who is currently in a shielding community and i feel as mum who is currently in a shielding community and ifeel as if mum who is currently in a shielding community and i feel as if we mum who is currently in a shielding community and ifeel as if we have been forgotten. i'm currently shielding with my ten—year—old son andi shielding with my ten—year—old son and i had to stop them from staying at his dads. i would like to get visibility on how you are going to approach loosening the lockdown for the clinically extremely vulnerable and how you are can aid us in this transition? first of all let me say, i feel very, very sympathetic to all those more than a million people who are in your position in this country. the clinically extremely vulnerable. i know how tough it is been. i'm sure that most of us can

think of friends or relatives who are in the same position. we want to release you from your captivity, you lockdown as fast as we possibly can. and that is why we continue to be extremely vigilant in our approach. and what we're announcing today is very, very cautious. we are taking some tentative steps forward both the education and the economy and a little bit with family and friends. but we need to get that r down, we need to get that infection rate down so that you, everybody that is being shielded now can be released. i assure you we are working as hard and as fast as we can. i don't know if chris has anything to add. that we can say to anybody in her position. well to her question which is of course important to many people is exactly right. as the

rates of infection come down, it's not the r for this is the number of infections in the community. the risk to people who are at higher risk to people who are at higher risk so they shielded but also people who are in other vulnerable groups increase. and we will get to a stage, we hope relatively soon where the absolute risk of people has not down to a low enough level it will be possible in stages for people to leave shielding. but fully appreciate the very considerable constraints is put on people and a very big burden of loneliness and other problems which have gone with it. which is the reason why it now that the peak has passed we need to plot a path, i think hopefully, in the very near future for people so that they can like you and others come out from shielding. but still remain very cautious. because as sir patrick was pointing out and as the

prime minister was pointing out, the numberof prime minister was pointing out, the number of infections remains high and the risk is not gone away. it has decreased substantially and we hope it will continue to decrease but there is still a risk and people are going to have to do this in stages. hello there it was considerably dry ina hello there it was considerably dry in a little bit of rain but the cloud and in the sunshine came out and the warmth has moved its way north as well. it's been the warmest day of the year so and also with an island with temperatures eking 25 degrees. the dry weather is a major theme at the moment. for some parts of england with no rain in storage for the rest of the month. it's going to be the driest may on record. there's been little or no rain across the southeast of england and central england. it would be the driest may for the northwest of england as well. by contrast it's been better—than—average across highland scotland. the general dry

weather throughout the month has been due to persistent areas of high pressure. that's what's been dominating our weather over the past few days. it's keeping it dry this evening and overnight. there is no more in the way of cloud across the northern isles of scotland. some of this card could move its way southward through the north sea, perhaps on through some eastern coastal counties of england. where it will be a little bit chillier but on the whole, temperatures are going to be in double figures overnight. any cloud that does develop in eastern england won't last long for the top we will see the sunshine pushing its way northwards into the northern aisles as well. it's going to turn out to be a dry and sunny day once again. they will be a noticeable breeze instantly or southeasterly and where you get that onshore some coastal areas will be a little bit cooler. otherwise typically the low to mid 20s and temperatures could get higher than today across some northern parts of scotland. perhaps 27 or even 28 degrees. over the weekend the weather pattern doesn't change very much. pressure centred across

scandinavia, these weather fronts are kept at bay and were going to draw ourairand from are kept at bay and were going to draw our air and from continental europe. that means more warmth and more sunshine. and significantly no rain as well. it's very strong sunshine. high if not very high uv levels. we've got some city forecast for you here. temperatures may start to drop away a little bit across scotla nd to drop away a little bit across scotland and northern ireland was up still dry, little bit of fair weather cloud. generally sunny across england and wales with the higher temperatures across wales and some western parts of england with 26 or 27dc.

this is outside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest developments and analyses here in britain and globally. some good news in england. backyard barbecues and garden gatherings are back on from monday for no more than six people, staying two metres apart. these changes mean that friends and family can start to meet their loved ones, perhaps seeing both parents at once or both grandparents at once. i know that for many people, this will be