the terrible toll of coronavirus. in the uk more than 40,000 people, have now died — the second worst in world, behind america but there is some more postive news, latest figures for england suggest infections are falling. a 75 year old man is assaulted by police in new york state, as the protests over the death of george floyd, continue. meanwhile usjob figures show that the unemployment rate has fallen. welcoming the data, president trump, has come under fire for bringing george floyd into his comments. hopefully george is looking down right now in sync there's a great thing that is happening for a country. a great day him and a great day for everybody. this is a great day for everybody. this is a great day for everybody. this is a great, day for everybody. this is a great,, great day for everybody. this is a great, great day in terms of the quality. you are watching bbc news.

now, let's get a re—cap on the latest coronavirus developments in the uk. earlier, the uk health secretary matt hancock gave this update. before taking questions from the public and the media, i'd like to start by sharing the latest data. the first slide shows the information of infections. and the data published by the office for national statistics say the number of people who had coronavirus in this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. england fell from 139,000 between the number of coronavirus deaths the third and 6th of may to around in britain officially 53,000 between the 17th and 30th of passes forty thousand the world's second highest tally may and that is represented by this behind the united states. a surprise surge in employment in the us as two and a half million right—hand chart that demonstrates newjobs are created. the percentage of the population but president trump comes under fire testing positive has been falling for evoking george floyd's name to welcome the figures.

consistently over recent weeks. sage hopefully george is looking down right now is saying this is a great thing for our country. it's great have confirmed that they are across day it's a great day for everybody. the whole of the uk 0.7 and 0.9. and a pensioner is assaulted by police in new york state, as protests over the death the whole of the uk 0.7 and 0.9. and the office for national statistics survey also estimated that the of george floyd, continue. the european union's chief brexit number of new coronavirus infections negotiator accuses the uk which stands at 39,000 per week, which stands at 39,000 per week, which is the equivalent of around 5600 per day and this is lower than the similar estimate made last week. so, these are encouraging trends about the reduced spread of coronavirus across the country. next slide, please. this shows progress on testing and the number of new confirmed cases. in total, 5 million 200,000 tests have been carried out

including 700 tests yesterday. these data on tests include the swap tests to find out if you have coronavirus and also the antibody tests which stand at around just over 40,000 antibody tests the day. the antibody test find out if you have had the virus and if you have had the virus, then you can help make a difference because by donating your plasma from your blood that has your antibodies in it, then you can help somebody who is currently suffering in the hospital with coronavirus. i did this earlier today. i gave my antibodies and the process is simple, it is straightforward and if you have had coronavirus, if you go

to the nhs blood and transplant website, nhs bt, then you two can help protect somebody who is currently in hospital with coronavirus and i would encourage anybody who can do that to step forward. the chart also shows the number of confirmed cases is 1650 yesterday, which brings the total number of confirmed cases, confirmed by positive swap tests. next slide please this shows the data from hospitals. there were 694 admissions, new admissions with covid—19 on the latest data, which has fallen over the last week, those data include england, wales and northern ireland. they do not include scotland and the bottom

dated which is across the whole uk show number of people in ventilator beds has fallen from 751 on the 28th of may we week ago, down to 571. and this is down to over 3000 on the 12th of april. next slide, please. slide four shows the regional breakdown of people in hospital and it shows that over 7000 people remain in hospital, 7080 to be precise, but this is down 15% from a week ago and the peak of over 20,000 in april. hey, the final slide shows the people have sadly lost their lives and this number stands at 40,261 on the latest information.

which is 357 higher than yesterday. and these slides demonstrate that, although the past few months have been a time of sorrow for so many people, because each of these deaths is not a statistic, but the loss of a loved one for so many families, these slights also show that we have made progress in a fight against the virus, but they also show that there is so much more to do. thank you. it shows that we must always remain vigilant, especially when it comes to protecting our nhs, which is been on the front line of the battle and of course, thanks to enormous national efforts, we protected the nhs and prevented it being overwhelmed, which in turn saved lives. and today, i want to set up

for the steps to protect the nhs and especially around face coverings and facemasks. yesterday, the secretary of state announced that face coverings will become mandatory on public transport from the 15th of june with the few specific exceptions, for instance there's breathing difficulties. this did not mean surgical masks which need to be kept for clinical settings, but the kind of facemasks but you can easily make it home and in fact, there is a good guide on gov.uk. as more people good guide on gov.uk. as more people go back to work in the passenger numbers start to increase, his face coverings on transport become more important. as the nhs reopens, right across the country, it is radically important to stop the spread among staff, patients and visitors too. so we are setting out that all hospital visitors and outpatients will need to wear face coverings. 0ne

visitors and outpatients will need to wear face coverings. one of the things we learned is that those in hospital, those who are working in hospital, those who are working in hospital are more likely to catch coronavirus, whether they work in a clinical setting or not and to offer even greater protection, we are also providing new guidance for nhs staff in england which will come into force again on the 15th ofjune and all hospital staff will be required to wear tight one or two surgical masks and this will cover all staff working in hospital. it will apply at all times, notjust working in hospital. it will apply at all times, not just when they are doing the life—saving work on the front lines. it will apply in all areas, except those areas designated as covert secure workspaces “— covid—19 secure workplaces. more stringent protection, of course the remains in place. we want to make

sure that even as the virus comes under control and we saw the following incidents across the country, hospitals are a place of ca re country, hospitals are a place of care and safety. we have also strengthened infection control and ca re strengthened infection control and care homes and we are working with the social care sector on how this approach can apply appropriately to social care too. it is about protecting the nhs and social care, which means protecting our collea g u es which means protecting our colleagues who work in the nhs and in social care. they want to say this to all of my colleagues in health and social care. as we get this virus under control, it is so important that we stamp out new infections and outbreaks. and, of course, in health and care, you do this brilliantly all the time. coronavirus is no exception. that means that if one of your team tests positive, you have to follow the

isolation and advice. the national imports of anyone —— impulse of anyone who works in the nhs is the thing that you can best do is be there to help, to be there for the patient. but if you have the virus, 01’ patient. but if you have the virus, orare at patient. but if you have the virus, or are at risk of having the virus, the best thing that you can do for them, it's himself, is the isolated home. social distancing of the workplace also must be reiterated. and it matters just as much as anywhere else. and i know that social distancing and self isolation can cause big logistical challenges and will support you in doing what is right and necessary. all of us have a role to play in the last thing i want to say is this, that have this weekend, i know that their plans for the protests, i want to say something to you as health

secretary. like so many, i am appalled by the death of george floyd and i understand why people are deeply upset. but we are still facing a health crisis in coronavirus remains a real threat. and the reason that it is vital that people stick to the rules this weekend is to protect themselves and theirfamily from weekend is to protect themselves and their family from this horrific disease. so, please, forthe their family from this horrific disease. so, please, for the safety of your loved ones, do not attend large gatherings, including demonstrations of more than six people. we all need to stay alert, control the virus and save lives. the first question is from steve has paid out1.6 the first question is from steve has paid out 1.6 billion to airlines

without concern of jobs paid out 1.6 billion to airlines without concern ofjobs commodities square that with your promise of a green revolution was shallow i think one of the things we have seen during this crisis is that clearly, the level of greenhouse gas emissions has fallen sharply and that, of course includes an airlines because the number of flights is falle n very because the number of flights is fallen very sharply indeed. and i think it is very important that we hit that goal of net zero admissions that we have sent as a country, one of the first to set such an ambitious goal and on our route there, but we are going to have flying that remains important, even though the number of flights is fallen. 0ne though the number of flights is fallen. one of the good things that amongst the cerebral virus is the number of cycling has increased enormously and more than doubled. site i think we are making some

progress in some areas and clearly, the lockdown has had a positive impact on reducing carbon emissions. but we also do need an airline industry is to come out of this so that people can move about and what we need is a long—term trajectory to getting to net zero that everyone can get behind. the next question is from sam. and sam asks the likes of gardens and bic shops are now beginning to open up a social distancing measures in place, when will you tase zeus be able to say the same? thank you for your question. it is something that is close to my heart because, because chester zoo is such a fantastic sue and commute from chester myself, i know it extremely well. i really hope that we can open zoos in the

safeway a nd hope that we can open zoos in the safeway and i know that the pressure on zoos, i have heard representations from those who are running zoos, not least because some other shops that can just close, you still have to be there to look after the animals they are mostly outside. so, i very much hope you get the zoos reopen so, i very much hope you get the zoos reopen in a safe in covert secure way but like all of these things, it has to be done so one lock cannot go above the other and go above the virus and let her get out of control. thank you very much, sam. we now return to questions from journalists. he paid them from the bbc. i wanted to ask a couple of questions related to one, first of

all, the government chief scientific adviser said keeping the death total low would be a good outcome, it is number 40,000, low would be a good outcome, it is number40,000, how do low would be a good outcome, it is number 40,000, how do you insist that outcome given where we are now? and the r numbered that various regional variations in england are pronounced in southwestern the northwest and it is estimated to be around one. is that a concern and might that be a case for more regional restrictions? thank you. i believe the number of deaths of gone over 40,000 at the time of sorrow for soul and we've got each of these that are an impact on the family that are an impact on the family that would never be the same again. in my heart goes out to the mall and it makes me redouble my

determination to deal with this virus and to get that incident right down in the way you get the we are getting regional data in the ris we are getting regional data in the r is closer to one in the southwest and northwest and the advice from sage is that r is below one in all regions. however, we want to increasingly have a approach of tackling local lockdowns where we spot a flare up. we have been doing this for over the last few weeks and there was a flare—up in the west which we gather to control and making sure that we use these extra focus data, both of the regional level and more locally than that is

incredibly important. a new security centre has been tasked with looking into each area where there is a flare—up in both the northwest and southwest which is highlighted by the regional data of big areas themselves and we need to get more granularand themselves and we need to get more granular and more focused and find the source of the local outbreak and then deal with it. a quick follow—up. trade talks between the eu in the uk are not progressing too well, what are the chances of a no deal? i very much hope we avoid that because position is very reasonable it, a agreement that we reach has to come to terms the fact that we are an independent sovereign state we are working very hard and need to accelerate the work and talks by the end of the year so that we can put

into place the vision that is artie been agreed by the uk in the eu, which is based within the political declaration. i spend all my time working on coronavirus and i think that given the time that's passed, both sites need to work together and we are willing to accelerate their work to get that final agreement based on a vision that has been agreed and then we can progress. thank you very much. sam coates from sky you seem to be cherry picking the most positive data but does not gloss over what is going on, the body of england that reports to you said that the regional r number is rising in many places and is above

one, not mere to one, but above one between some of them and a cambridge university study covered by public health england says that the reproduction number could be as low as what in manchester. it says that the r number is rising, and i quote, probably due to increasing mobility between mixing and households and workplace settings. are they wrong in what you tell the people of the northwest and the southwest this weekend, to still exercise all of the new freedoms coming to them this weekend should the sick exercise a bit of extra caution. it's incredible part of what we have to do take caution. the discussion of what the higher our the northwest and southwest between the rest of the country, it is an important part

of moving towards a more localised approach rather than nationalised approach rather than nationalised approach to the lockdown. it is very important that you look at these different studies in the round. the study that you mentioned is an important one but the overall assessment which is brought together by sage, which advises the chief medical officer is what i look at. and so we refer to the office of national statistics on the study that was published this morning knows focused on data rather than modelling, but what i do as i look at all these different studies in the overall view of sage is that the hours between .7 and .9 and indeed it is higher and selfless notice of england but it remains below one in each area. that does not take away from the need to mixture that we

spot and cracked down on localised outbreaks in the con. if you had to do tomorrow, a local lockdown. is the infrastructure in place to make that happen. yes and we have been doing it over the past few weeks. the next messages from show bob con. he said that if the r number increases we could have r lockdown and many people in those evidence have no idea what a regional lockdown will look like one can we expect the guidance on what that will actually be in practice. also, are you talking to metro mayors and local authorities where it is high up local authorities where it is high up what they can do to protect their populations and how they should be enforcing a meltdown? as part of the overall test a nd enforcing a meltdown? as part of the

overall test and trace programme, we haveis overall test and trace programme, we have is part of that, the engagement through an english authority and the regional mayors and also with my collea g u es regional mayors and also with my colleagues in the devolved countries because the phd study is about england and the same localised increasingly localised approach needs to be taken in the devolved nations as well. so, this connections are made and we have the chief executive of leeds city council, in order to ensure that we have that connection between measures that need to be taken at a local level and, of course, the national oversight of that. it is an incredibly important system and it is already working as a set in my response to the first question we are continuing to strengthen it and strengthen the data feeds so that we can get more and more localised

information. you have repeated that even i get the burning is that you we re even i get the burning is that you were talking by the next step and conditional is mentioned by my colleagues, suggesting that there we re colleagues, suggesting that there were regions close above one. and at what point do you put the brakes on your plans to ease the lockdown. is there a number by which you stop proceeding with using of these measures? all of the difference are brought together through sage, whose assessment is the uk are is between this and .9 and the need to do that and to bring all of the studies together because we've had news from the office of national statistics implying that the number of new cases is coming down and down to around 5600 per day and be fat other studies implying that it's around 5600 per day and be fat other studies implying that its higher than that and what i do is listen to

all of this advice and make sure that it all of this advice and make sure thatitis all of this advice and make sure that it is synthesised and then you getan that it is synthesised and then you get an overall view. what they do confirm across the board is that there is a challenge in the northwest of england that we need to address and to a lesser degree in the southwest of england, where the issue slightly different in the overall instances of the disease is much lower put it is harder in the change of that and it's a little bit higher than elsewhere in the uk. so, the exactly as is implied in your question, you can't just look the exactly as is implied in your question, you can'tjust look at one of these studies, you have to look at all of the information that they have in the round and sage advisers on that and the dreaded bio—security centre is in fact being

built be that a national level or local level. not only has the turned a lot cooler but during the day todayit a lot cooler but during the day today it turned a lot windier as well. the reason that reason was the steep area of low pressure in the tightly packed isoba rs steep area of low pressure in the tightly packed isobars bringing in stronger than average winds to say the least. gale force winds across the least. gale force winds across the north, particularly scotland and northern ireland which will continue to the rest of the day and pushed southwards into tomorrow, even add that there is some lively gusts of wind that potentially 5060 mile gusts through the night which could cause some issues. and we are getting some rain with this with the system as welcome much much—needed rain comes a few millimetres falling as it had its way southwards but it does though nikki bella turned into the shower and that said, when you put a little bit of the june strength sunshine into lots of

showers coming in from behind and behind the rain as well. it is still the potential for some behind the rain as well. it is still the potentialfor some rain and much needed rainfall for the gardens but it will be windier tomorrow as winds really do pick up with gusts of 40, 40 five miles per hour and pretty windy for the easing for scotland and more rain to come here. some sunshine between those towers to the next showers and temperatures in the high teens. but for most of us, it will feel much cooler and much cooler because of the wind direction and the wind strength. that will continue through the night pushing through saturday and sunday with sherry rain and all of the time but that cloud and that won't hold up, but a sevens and nines and slowly through the day, we should see these as school hi pushing off the atla ntic as school hi pushing off the atlantic and they'll start to ease the wind and cut off the moisture it

still looks unsettled, showers around much of northeastern scotland and england as well as towards the sea coast and the lengthy drive spells for the west but u nfortu nately, spells for the west but unfortunately, no usable rain. it does me temperatures may go up to get into the high teens and possibly pushing 20 degrees and the winds will ease. in that process will continue into the early part of next 00:27:27,722 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 week. goodbye.