now, labour's first minister in wales, marked rexford, said he thought that was a rather sunny view ofe could start to move away from those kinds of measures. hours later his own chief medical officer, chris whitty, speaking before a lords committee, suggested measures like social distancing would need to be in place for a long time. there are some things which we started right at the beginning which absolutely have to continue over a long period of time. washing hands, isolation, household isolation. then we have added to that things like contact tracing, most recently face coverings, and these are issues around distancing which have been varied, but the reality is that it remains an important part of this mix, and how it is interpreted in different environments. it has evolved, but it has not gone away. all of these need to continue for a long period of time. now, of course there are concerns about a possibility of a second wave this winter. respiratory viruses tend to thrive in the colder months. yesterday the government outlined big mitigation measures, ploughing money into the nhs