there is one further thing to give people confidence, and alaska baroness harding to come in on this,s we can be more targeted in finding those positive cases and finding those positive cases and finding all of the contacts that they may have infected and passed they may have infected and passed the disease on to and therefore use this more targeted approach to be able to control the virus. as a sector of state said earlier, we are extending the eligibility for tests to the under fives. that is really important for our early years children's and schools and the way nhs test and trace will work as it will provide an early warning system for local communities to spot that there may be a growing number of cases in a school and immediate action can be taken. it is notjust that we will be contacting and identifying and isolating everyone very quickly, we will also be able to spot if an outbreak is starting. i think parents across the country can feel really confident that we have got a system that has their back. thanks very much. thanks very much for your question, great to have you here

my noble friend that baroness is entirely right.s give us powerful insight into the demographic reach of the virus and into information on a very broad basis of regional reach. but we are looking for a much more granular level of detail from the very powerful and multi—million level details that the app can provide, and it is the value of that surveillance detail that has led us to design it in the way that we have. lord bethell, bringing us to the end of wednesday in parliament. thank you for watching. i do hope you canjoin me at the same time tomorrow for the week in parliament, our review of the week in westminster and beyond. until then, bye for now. hello there. over the next few days, it looks like the temperatures are going to creep upwards. we could be looking at the mid—20s celsius across some southern parts of the uk, but we'll also have building humidity as well, and that could increase the chance of some showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery. now, the pressure chart for thursday shows high—pressure largely do

, and chairof of nhs improvement, baroness dido harding, and chair of the test and trace programme.unch nhs test and trace, and incredibly important milestone for the country, and i know people will wa nt to the country, and i know people will want to hear about it. before i do, i will update you on the latest coronavirus data. 3,798,490 tests have been carried out in the uk, including 117,013 tests yesterday. 267,240 people have tested positive, an increase of 2013 cases, yesterday. of those who tested positive for coronavirus across all settings, 37,460 people have, sadly, died. since yesterday for hundred and 12 deaths have been recorded. we mourn and 12 deaths have been recorded. we mourn them and we will not forget them. as i said yesterday, thanks to your effort and sacrifice, we are passed to the peak. we have flatten the curve. we have protected the nhs. the big question we are all working to answer is this, until an effective treatment or vaccine comes through, how can we get back to doing more of the things that make life worth living without risking safety or putting live

can the noble baroness the minister reveal to the noble lords what the scientific evidence says about is not actually broken down regionally. it is not published in that form. it's a uk wide estimate range that's published each week. the individual modelling groups include epidemiological information on the intensive care unit rates of admissions, death rates and the rates of hospital admissions. so it is an average value that can vary across communities, but it is not published on a regional basis. what are you going to do when lockdown is finally over? top of many people's list, no doubt, is a holiday. the covid—19 shutdown has had a massive impact on the tourism industry. despite the sunny spring weather, beaches have been deserted. popular beauty spots have been, for the most part, empty. hotels up and down the uk are shut, along with campsites, b&bs and holiday homes, all of which has left businesses locked up and facing a shaky financial future. the digital, culture, media and sport committee heard from a wide range of tourism organisations about the effects on them. in your wri

so will the noble baroness the minister reveal to noble lords what the government's scientific evidencehan the average? the r rate is not actually broken down regionally. it is not published in that form, it's a uk—wide estimate range that's published each week. the individual modelling groups include epidemiological information on the intensive care unit rate of admissions, the death rates and the rate of hospital admissions. so, it is an average value that can vary across communities, but it is not published on a regional basis. germany closed their schools within three weeks of their first case being identified. this and their very early test and trace and isolate strategy appears to account for their remarkable success in controlling deaths from covid. does the minister agree that schools should only reopen in those areas where they have a capacity to test, trace, and isolate absolutely fully across the community so that then of course if a child is identified as having covid within a school, school can close for 14 days, then reopen and press on with their wonderful work? the minis

the baroness told me yesterday that.number of have people saying to you? we spoke to a number of people. the young carer that i mentioned to me like she has been tackling loneliness by reaching out to other people that she thinks might be experiencing it. heard block of flats, she is writing little notes and asking people to if they want to have a chat. there is also a young student who has made that come to be with her appearance. she mentioned that gaming has been helping her. i have been playing a lot more multiplayer and online games to spend time with my friends. there is more pressure to talk about what you're doing. you have an activity, you're doing. you have an activity, you are doing stuff together and you do not have to talk as you do not have to. especially for a lot of people, catlike animal crossing has beena people, catlike animal crossing has been a huge source of feeling good and a huge source of routine because you have your island that you take ca re you have your island that you take care of. people c

and from london by former pensions minister, baroness ros altman.ing clinically vulnerable and therefore advising them all to stay at home regardless of their health. or whether it's only people of any age, and obviously the over 70s might be more likely, that might have other medical conditions to make them vulnerable, who are being advised to totally self—isolate. that's really important. we have millions of people in that age group across the country who are very worried, who need clear guidance and understanding from the official advice so we know where we are. there are two things going on. some people are very anxious and others seem people are very anxious and others seem to be concerned they will be treated differently from other age groups for example. certainly i have been inundated with messages over the last few weeks, not just been inundated with messages over the last few weeks, notjust over the last few weeks, notjust over the last few weeks, notjust over the last day or so, but it has accelerated now, from furious over 70s who are fi

harding, the chairof and i am delighted that baroness harding, the chair of nhs improvement, has agreedreached the most perilous moment, where a wrong move could be disastrous. so at this stage, we can go no further than to announce the first careful modification of our measures. step one, in moving towards covid alert level three, a shift in emphasis that we can begin this week. anyone who cannot work from home should be actively encouraged to go to work in sectors that are allowed to be open should indeed be open but are subject to social distancing. these include food production, construction or manufacturing, logistics, distribution, scientific research and to support this, to explain this again, we are publishing guidance as to businesses on how to make these workplaces covid are safe and secure. people who are able to work from home, as we have continually said, should do so. people who cannot work from home should talk to their employers about returning this week and the difficulties they may or may not have. anyone with covid symptoms obviously, or in a household where someone e

but baroness harding has been very clear that the system is ready, and i think we have to move forwards that basis. thank you, any follow—up? yes, if i may, just on this point about the government following the scientific advice — wales, scotland and northern ireland ta ke wales, scotland and northern ireland take a slightly different view, more cautious with their lockdown lifting, so, what is it about the particular circumstances in england that makes you confident that it is 0k to lift the lockdown measures to a greater degree? well, each nation has to make its own decisions and it is up to the welsh and scottish governments to explain the decisions that they have taken. in respect of the decisions that we have announced, three things have been influential. the first is meeting those five tests which the first secretary of state dominic raab set out a few weeks ago. the second thing that has been influential in it has been ensuring that the r, which is part of the five tests, remains below one and gives us that headroom to be able to ease, in a very cautious, careful, slow way, witho

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baroness?the schemes become too expensive? thank you. i think probably the best estimate there is the 0br reference scenario, which has been updated, which points toa which has been updated, which points to a direct fiscal cost of over £100 million. i would say there are buckets of cost. there is a direct cost of spending on various schemes, for example business rates which cost about £12 million. providing business rates holidays, or cancellation of business rates for the entire retail, hospitality and leisure sector, that costs around another £12 billion. we have statutory sick pay rebate schemes that are going on and that will cost between one and £2 billion. then we have the job retention between one and £2 billion. then we have thejob retention programme between one and £2 billion. then we have the job retention programme and the self—employed scheme which, between the two of them, are likely to cost in the tens of billions of pounds, several tens of billions of pounds, several tens of bil