press conference, led today by the health secretary matt hancock, accompanied by professor dame angela mcleanntific adviser, and professorjohn newton, coordinator of the uk coronavirus testing programme. welcome once again to downing street for the daily coronavirus briefing. i'm joined by professor john newton, our testing coordinator, and by deputy chief scientific adviser angela mclean. this morning at 11 o'clock, we paused to remember the 85 nhs colleagues and the 19 colleagues from social care who've lost their lives with coronavirus. it was a solemn moment of reflection for so many of us. and of unbearable sadness for some. these are the nation's fallen heroes, and we will remember them. every day, we're working through our plan to protect life and to protect the nhs. slowing the spread and building capacity so that the nhs, at all times, can offer the very best care to everybody because we've got the beds and the ventilators and the staff available. so far, thanks to the incredible work of nhs colleagues and the shared sacrifice of everyone who's at home, that plan is working. the late

also speaking at the daily coronavirus briefing, dame angela mclean, the deputy chief scientific adviser the numbers being treated in hospital for the disease were also stable across the country, having fallen in london for the past seven days. through the briefing the government was forced to defend its efforts to get protective equipment to frontline health staff — the bbc‘s health editor hugh pym asked the chancellor whether the government was ashamed the anger of lots of stuff was conveyed to the chancellor and to the specialist advisers they are. the bbc‘s health editor hugh pym asked the chancellor whether the government was ashamed that some nhs workers were going to work without adaquete protective equipment. salute the everyone working on the front line deserves they have the equipment to do theirjob safely we are working around the clock to do ourjobs on that. 12 million delivered yesterday and as you have heard from me we are improving our sourcing internationally and domestically to make sure we can get the ppe we need but what is a very challenging international context. peo

be chris whitty, who as we know has been self isolating with coronavirus symptoms, and also dame angela mcleanuestions about. the official spokesman of the prime minister was asked earlier today lots of things about what has happened. downing street is keen to stress the prime minister was not admitted as an emergency to hospital. it is precautionary