professor van tam?y a police matter, and is clearly something we would not want in the current stage of social distancing. that is clear. but beyond that, in terms of the staging of the game itself, the premises have to be suitable for the new conditions in which we find ourselves. this is about an end to end journey for the players, the officials, the media and the medical staff, coming from wherever they live to take part in what is required for a game behind closed doors. and there has to be enough understanding that the venue can cope with the segregation and organisation and the social distancing right up until the kick—off whistle. and again, from the end of the final whistle, to make that the safest possible experience for everybody there. that will be a crucial factor in choosing these venues. i know the premier league are all over that and thinking about it carefully. any follow—up? thinking about it carefully. any follow-up? yes, thank you. it was interesting to hear you say, secretary of stat

a quick follow-up for mr van—tam.if brits can't go on holiday anytime soon, can they camping outdoors not co—joining with anyone, safely? yes, i have had a lot of correspondence about that since my appearance last week, as you can imagine, andl appearance last week, as you can imagine, and i stand ready to give advice to the government on all of those complex issues as and when it asks for it. very good. thanks, tom. kate proctor from the guardian. thank you. to the foreign secretary, thousands of care workers from out side the european economic area are risking their lives working in britain in care homes in the coronavirus pandemic. these same ca re rs are coronavirus pandemic. these same carers are being asked to pay £625 to use the nhs, in many cases the same service in which they work. will the government exempt migrant ca re will the government exempt migrant care workers from this nhs charge, or will they scrap it altogether? and forjonathan or will they scrap it altogether? and for jonathan van—tam, or will th

i will go to jonathan van—tam. covid free in the meantime. i will go to jonathan van-tam.e that has been tentative, measured, slow, and step wise. and that's exactly the plan that is under way for all of the elite sport, notjust football, that there will be small, carefully measured, stepwise approaches to seeing what can be achieved safely. the first of those isa achieved safely. the first of those is a really, to return to safe training, still observing social distancing. and measures are taking place, plans are taking place at quite some depth to be ready to do that. and that will be a stepwise thing. we will have to see how that goes before it is time to move on or even think about moving on to thinking about returning to competitive football matches, as you've outlined in your question. so, ithink you've outlined in your question. so, i think we have to be slow. we have to be measured. so, i think we have to be slow. we have to be measuredlj so, i think we have to be slow. we have to be measured. i will give the opportunity to come back and either of those. yes, if i

but not so for professor jonathan professorjonathan van tam who took a question about the senior advisernister head on. wham bam van tan. i should have practised that in the matter shouldn't i. the other day when professor chris whitty and patrick valla nce professor chris whitty and patrick vallance were asked directly about dominic cummings, the uk prime minister's chief adviser on his jaunt to durham and round—trip to barnard castle about his eyesight we re barnard castle about his eyesight were first shielded by the prime minister said it's not for them and when they were asked explicitly said we don't go anywhere near politics so we don't go anywhere near politics so they sought refuge in ducking the question because they can argue they are not political figures so why should they be drawn into it? professor van—tam could have sought the same refuge but now he was straight out there. it was explicit and effort very striking. he was expressed that he wanted to answer the question. you did not fair to mr cummings by name but the question was expressly about dominic cummings. —— he did

professor van tam. i willjust come backin professor van tam.with this virus, the natural r is a roundabout three. that means, left unchecked, one case infects three more. so it is going to grow out of control very quickly. the extent to which we can keep control of it very much defends upon the extent to which people across our entire population engaged with and cooperate with nhs test and trace and put simply, the more we do so, the greater room for manoeuvre the government will have in terms of making life as normal as possible whilst still keeping this virus under control. thanks very much. i hope that answered the question. can i quickly come back. obviously, it is clear there are some great areas here. when there are grey areas, whose authority is it that decides whether something is in line with the law? in those areas where we have made regulations that are mandatory, there is a normal system in process in which the police police those and then the court system is there ultimately to make decisions. however, in nhs test and trace, we are

professor van tam knows how to turn a phrase and make a point.out dominic cummings, the prime minister's most senior advisor who, among other things, drove 50 miles to test his eyesight during the lockdown. the rules are clear and they have always been clear. in my opinion, they are for the benefit of all, and, in my opinion, they apply to all. questions about mr cummings keep coming, questions about loosening the lockdown will, too. chris mason, bbc news. this is bbc news — the main headlines: protesters gather in minneapolis as the authorities step up efforts to prevent more riots over the death of george floyd, a black man killed in police custody. let's stay with our main story. the us attorney general william barr has been speaking about the case. he blamed what he labelled "outside radicals and agitators" for hijacking the protests but he also said they were working at speed to prosecute those responsible for george floyd's death. u nfortu nately, unfortunately, with the writing thatis unfortunately, with the writing that is occurring in ma

briefing which today is led by oliver dowden the culture, media and sport secretary and jonathan van—tamdeputy chief medical officerfor england. some scientific advisers to the government have warned of the risk of lifting the lockdown in england and wales, with rules set to change next week. several scientists on the advisory committee, sage, have raised concerns that restrictions are being relaxed too soon. from monday, up to six people in england can meet outside. but police forces are reminding people they must still only meet on a one—to—one basis this weekend. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. allowing groups to gather outside, a significant step out of lockdown, already taken in scotland and northern ireland. england and wales will follow on monday. with the number of coronavirus cases falling, ministers say the time is right, but some of those advising the government have concerns. if we make multiple releases of the lockdown at the same time, we won't know what is causing the inevitablejump in cases. and we don't have an established test, track and isolate proc

ok, could ijust fire one at professor van—tam as well?r it to operate at all the numbers of new infections have got to have come down into the hundreds. they seem to be hovering around 4000 at the moment. do you agree with those scientists that for the track and trace to really work, we have to have new cases of covid—19 down in the hundreds, and if so, how long do you think that will take? ok, so, test and trace is going to be a system that involves the nhs app, and it is also going to involve public health england in wider traditional contact tracing using telephones, foot leather epidemiology, and the way it has a lwa ys epidemiology, and the way it has always been done for many years. now, those two together make a package of test and trace and we have been very clear that test and trace on its own is part of the solution to how we continue to live with this virus after the lockdown that we are in at the moment. it's not the total solution. let me try and get this right... how extensive the test and tracing needs to be clearly depends

professor van—tam knows how to turn a phrase and make a point.c cummings, the prime minister's most senior advisor, who among other things drove 50 miles to test his eyesight during the lockdown. the rules are clear, and they have always been clear. in my opinion, they are for the benefit of all, and in my opinion, they apply to all. questions about mr cummings keep coming. questions about loosening the lockdown will, too. chris mason, bbc news. the leaning tower of pisa is among the tourist attractions in italy that's re—opened after an easing of coronavirus restrictions. however, numbers will be limited to 15 at a time and all visitors will be provided with an electronic device which goes off if someone breaches social distancing rules. matt graveling reports. this famous landmark has never been short of support. tower of pisa attracts 5 million tourists to the area this year until it was closed three months ago in italy's response to the coronavirus pandemic. translation: we need to reason. pisa needs to restart. the tower is the symbol of the

professor van—tam knows how to turn a phrase and make a point.ed directly about dominic cummings, the prime minister's most senior advisor, who among other things drove 50 miles to test his eyesight during the lockdown. the rules are clear, and they have always been clear. in my opinion, they are for the benefit of all, and in my opinion, they apply to all. questions about mr cummings keep coming. questions about loosening the lockdown will, too. chris mason, bbc news. we can take a look at these pictures from philadelphia a little earlier and you can see things descending a little bit there. they have been peaceful protests in philadelphia, but you can see things deteriorating quite substantially. this was in the last couple of hours, and we we re last couple of hours, and we were speaking to journalists on the ground there, describing a coffee shop that was attempted to be set on fire, a statue being attempted to be toned down. so there is civil unrest there in philadelphia. now let's talk to sharmain matlock—turner. thank you very much for bei

, to try to suppress the virus, and professorjonathan van tam, the deputy chief medical officer foruntil the vaccine arrives, we may have to live with this virus in the long term, certainly for many months, with autumn and winter this year being a particularly difficult time potentially for another spike. having continued with a stricter lockdown than england, northern ireland has now decided to relax its lockdown more than any other part of the uk. from tomorrow, groups of up to six people not from the same houshold will be able to meet outdoors. drive—in church services and cinemas will also be allowed. our ireland correspondent emma vardy is in belfast. so, what's behind the change, emma? what is behind it? well, we knew some activities were restarting today. angling, for one, and there has been a number of people coming down here to this pretty spot keen to get back to that activity. but northern ireland's leaders have a lwa ys northern ireland's leaders have always said they will be driven by the scientific advice. today, they say that advice has changed, and thatis say that ad

professorjonathan van tam said the scientific consensus was that easing the lockdown in england nexttion rate, but he urged the public not to "tear the pants" out of the new guidelines. our political correspondent, chris mason, has this report. helen's bay beach in county down today, northern ireland and in scotland, groups are already allowed to gather outside. england and wales will follow on monday. new rules grant us more freedom but requires us to make more judgements about what is safe. in bournemouth, the lure of the beach, the challenge of social distancing. in york, the price of the paint and yes, exactly the same challenge. for the number of coronavirus cases falling, ministers say that the time is right for a more liberal approach. but some of those advising our political leaders have concerns. if we make multiple releases at the same time, we will not know what is causing the inevitablejump in cases. and we do not have an established track to isolate these people. and so it is a very risky point where we can take the lid off of a pot that is still bubbling in places and r

i am pleased to be joined byjonathan van—tam, our deputy chief medical officer.ill start with a daily update on the latest data on coronavirus. 2,000,680 tests for coronavirus have not been carried out in the uk, and that includes 100,678 tests carried out yesterday. 246,406 people have tested positive, and that is an increase of 2,684 cases since yesterday. 9,408 people are currently in hospital with coronavirus, which is down 13% from this time last week. i'm very sad to report that of those who have tested positive for covid—19 across all settings, 34,796 have now died. that is an increase of 160 deaths on yesterday. it goes without saying, we offer our condolences to the friends and family of every individual who has passed away during this coronavirus pandemic. this is a challenging time, and as we chart the right course over the weeks and months ahead, our overriding priority remains to save lives — whilst also at the same time preserving livelihoods and allowing people to return over time and when it is safe to something resembling a more normal way of liv

professor van—tam knows how to turn a phrase and make a point.ectly about dominic cummings. the prime minister's most senior adviser who among other things drove 50 miles to test his eyesight during the lockdown. the rules are clear and they have always been clear. in my opinion, they are for the benefit of all. and in my opinion, they apply to all. questions about mr cummings keep coming. questions about easing the lockdown will too. the government has published new guidelines to allow the return of competitive sport from monday. athletes will still have to maintain social distancing where possible. the announcement was made by the minister for culture, media and sport, 0liver dowden. i'm delighted to announce today that the government has published guidance which allows competitive sport to resume behind closed doors from monday at the earliest and, crucially, only when it's safe to do so. it's up to each individual sport to decide exactly when to resume competition. they know their sports best. but football, tennis, horse racing, formula 1, cr

professor van tam knows how to turn a phrase and make a point.so asked directly about dominic cummings, the prime minister's most senior adviser who, among other things, drove 50 miles to test his eyesight during the lockdown. the rules are clear and they have always been clear. in my opinion, they are for the benefit of all and in my opinion they apply to all. questions about mr cummings keep coming, questions about loosening the lockdown will, too. chris mason, bbc news. our health correspondent catherine burns with with me. tonight, new guidance for those considered extremely vulnerable. this is for anyone who is shielding in england, the people who have specific medical conditions which means if they got coronavirus they would be more likely to become very ill. 2.2 million people in england with this right now and some of them will have no face—to—face contact with people since this started ten weeks ago. from tomorrow the guidance has been changed which could make a big difference to their lives. they will be able to go outside with someone

professor van—tam knows how to turn a phrase and make a point.also asked directly about dominic cummings. the prime minister's most senior adviser who among other things drove 50 miles to test his eyesight during the lockdown. the rules are clear and they have always been clear. in my opinion, they are for the benefit of all. and in my opinion, they apply to all. questions about mr cummings keep coming. questions about easing the lockdown will too. the government has published new guidelines to allow the return of competitive sport from monday. athletes will still have to maintain social distancing where possible. the announcement was made by the minister for culture, media and sport, 0liver dowden. i'm delighted to announce today that the government has published guidance which allows competitive sport to resume behind closed doors from monday at the earliest and, crucially, only when it's safe to do so. it's up to each individual sport to decide exactly when to resume competition. they know their sports best. but football, tennis, horse racing,

speaking earlier, deputy chief medical officerjonathan van—tam says its return will not increase theus. it's very clear that playing elite sport again in those very limited circumstances with carefully controlled measures about how you get those sportsmen, sportswomen to the pitch, that is not going to have any meaningful impact on r. it would be potentially completely different if there were lots of stadia and all of the activities that go around going to a sports game. it means that after almost three months without it, competitive sport will return. football in the premier league aiming to restart on the 17th ofjune. there were no positive tests at the 1170 players and support staff who were tested in recent days. but it is racing that will be front and centre come monday as our reporter laura scott explains. and they are off and racing from monday. after nearly three months of no live—action, elitist sport has been given the green light to return in england behind closed doors. horse racing will be first out of the stalls, starting at newcastle, before the first classics training

this is jonathan van—tam the deputy chief medical officer, he said it to the press today.se things that all sorts of things could happen and one of the things they are worried about is it will notjust be the risk of they are worried about is it will not just be the risk of a they are worried about is it will notjust be the risk of a second wave like a big wave in a japanese print or or a shipment of big ocean that you're going to get little outbreaks like all over the country. and that is what they are worried about, the trace and tracking mechanism that has got to work. more or us mechanism that has got to work. more or us when i'm hearing at the moment is that they are trying to do what they call epidemiology with people rather than apps. they are worried about the app system not being able to deliver quite what it was sent in to deliver quite what it was sent in to do when it was declared world beating by our prime minister. that is with the real worry is about. the sunday telegraph barbara talks about shielded people being able to leave their homes for tomorrow the fir

briefing which today is led by oliver dowden the culture, media and sport secretary and jonathan van—tam

professorjonathan van tam said easing the lockdown would not affect the infection rate, but he urgedhe public not to "tear the pants" out of the new guidelines. the first commercial spacecraft to carry people into space has successfully launched from cape canaveral in florida. the capsule, built by elon musk‘s spacex, has two astronauts onboard and they are now on their way to the international space station. from monday, many primary schools in england will welcome back pupils from some year groups. teaching unions and some local authorities have been concerned about the risks of spreading coronavirus but the government says it is safe for children to go to school. it's used denmark as an example as the first country in europe to reopen schools and day care centres. elaine dunkley reports. can schools in england mirror what has happened in denmark? six—year—old hanna has been back in her class in the danish capital, copenhagen, since mid—april. hanna now learns and plays with just a small group of children. meet hanna's parents, jens—christen and louise. and, in england... hello, i'

professor jonathan van—tam said the consensus among scientists was that the next phase of easing thepected to push the rate of infection above 1.0. the uk government insists that it continues to be led by science, over the next stages of the easing of lockdown measures, after concerns were raised by some leading scientists. several members of the sage advisory group have spoken out against the pace of change. from monday in england, up to six people from different households can meet outside, including in private gardens. 215 deaths have been recorded in the uk in the last 2a hours. it brings the total number of deaths to 38,376. our political correspondent, chris mason, has this report. helen's bay beach in county down today, northern ireland and in scotland, groups are already allowed to gather outside. england and wales will follow on monday. new rules grant us more freedom but requires us grant us more freedom but requires us to make morejudgements grant us more freedom but requires us to make more judgements about what is safe. in bournemouth, the lure of the beach, the challeng

professor van tam knows how to turn a phrase and make a point. asked directly about dominic cummings. the prime minister's most senior adviser who among other things drove 50 miles to test his eyesight during the lockdown. the rules are clear and they have always been clear. in my opinion, they are for the benefit of all. and in my opinion, they apply to all. questions about mr cummings keep coming. questions about easing the lockdown will too. there have been more clashes between police and protesters, the most important statement that was made was about the sport, the return of sport to the uk which begins on monday with some horse racing and of course in time for the first key event of the horse racing calendar which will be next weekend. iam i am delighted to announce today the government has published guidance which will allow sports to resume from behind closed doors crucially when it is safe to do so. it's up to each individual sport to decide exactly when to resume competition. they know they are sports best but football, tennis, horse ra

professor jonathan van—tam said easing the lockdown would not affect the infection rate — but he urgedublic not to "tear the pants" out of the new guidelines. the first commercial spacecraft to carry people into space has successfully launched from cape canaveral in florida. the capsule — built by elon musk‘s spacex — has two astronauts onboard — and they are now on their way to the international space station. now on bbc news, coronavirus: what next? hello and welcome to the latest in our special programmes on the coronavirus pandemic. i'm victoria derbyshire. on today's programme, we hear from frontline health workers on their fears of a second wave of covid—19 infections. plus, how a team of scientists is trying to work out why coronavirus affects different people in such extreme ways. and, you can always keep up—to—date with the latest information about the pandemic on our website. first, the world health organization has warned of a second peak of coronavirus cases if lockdown restrictions around the world are lifted too soon. restrictions around the world the threat of a possible

professorjonathan van tam said easing the lockdown would not affect the infection rate, but he urged the public not to "tear the pants" out of the new guidelines. the first commercial spacecraft to carry people into space has successfully launched from cape canaveral in florida. the capsule, built by elon musk‘s spacex, has two astronauts onboard, and they are now on their way to the international space station. here, private tenants are more likely to be in financial difficulty than home owners because of the pandemic, according to a new study. the report by the think tank — the resolution foundation — says many renters have seen their incomes fall. the government insists it's taken action to support tenants, including banning evictions for three months, as our business correspondent, katy austin explains. paying the rent has become too much for denny while her hair salon is shut. her landlord has agreed to postpone two months‘ rent, to be paid back in future. at the moment we owe april and may, and thenjune is due the 1st ofjune. i feel sick, actually. because at the moment, now, t

professorjonathan van tam said easing the lockdown would not affect the infection rate, but he urged the public not to "tear the pants" out of the new guidelines. the first commercial spacecraft to carry people into space has successfully launched from cape canaveral in florida. the capsule, built by elon musk‘s spacex, has two astronauts onboard, and they are now on their way to the international space station. here, private tenants are more likely to be in financial difficulty than home owners because of the pandemic, according to a new study. the report by the think tank — the resolution foundation — says many renters have seen their incomes fall. the government insists it's taken action to support tenants, including banning evictions for three months, as our business correspondent, katy austin explains. paying the rent has become too much for denny while her hair salon is shut. her landlord has agreed to postpone two months‘ rent, to be paid back in future. at the moment we owe april and may, and thenjune is due the 1st ofjune. i feel sick, actually. because at the moment, now, t

professor van—tam knows how to turn a phrase and make a point. directly about dominic cummings, the prime minister's most senior adviser who, among other things, drove 50 miles to test his eyesight during the lockdown. the rules are clear and they have always been clear. in my opinion they are for the benefit of all and in my opinion they apply to all. 0uch. the prime minister's team had nothing to say when i asked for their response to this. instead, theirfocus is on how more people in england can slowly edge out of the lockdown. chris mason, bbc news. let's get more on this now with phil anderson, who's head of policy at the ms society. hejoins me from north london. many people suffering from ms are amongst those 2 million people who have been shielding. will this news that restrictions are being eased on them, will that come as a relief?|j them, will that come as a relief?” think it will come as a relief to some but we are hearing a lot of confusion. people have spent in many cases over two months being told not to leave the house because of t

professorjonathan van tam said easing the lockdown would not affect the infection rate, but he urgedirst commercial spacecraft to carry people into space has successfully launched from cape canaveral in florida. the capsule, built by elon musk‘s spacex, has two astronauts onboard, and they are now on their way to the international space station. here, private tenants are more likely to be in financial difficulty

meanwhile england's deputy chief medical officer professor van—tam said that autumn and winter conditionsnd that we may have to learn to live with it in the long term. well before the downing st briefing, the health secretary matt hancock said that from now, five year olds with symptoms are eligible for a coronavirus test. he was speaking to mps in the house of commons. today i can announce to the house that everyone aged five and over with symptoms is now eligible for a test. that applies right across the uk in allfour test. that applies right across the uk in all four nations from now. anyone with a new continuous cough, a high temperature or the loss or change of sense of taste and smell can book a test by visiting nhs website. if you are eligible for a test and you don't have internet access test and you don't have internet a ccess you test and you don't have internet access you can call 119 in england and wales or in scotland and northern ireland 300 303 2713. we will continue to prioritise access to test for nhs and social care, patients, residents and staff and as testing wraps up

professor jonathan van—tam said easing the lockdown would not affect the infection rate, but he urged public not to tear the pants out of the new guidelines. the first commercial spacecraft to carry people into space has successfully launched from cape canaveral in florida. the capsule, built by elon musk‘s spacex, has two astronauts onboard, and they are now on their way to the international space station. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week: new normal or old normal? in the united states, president trump wants the old normal back, though he likes to call it ?actual normal?. in china, president xi is already reaching for new normal, one which includes much tighter control over the people of hong kong. meanwhile what kind of normal do the rest of us want and what kind can we have against the ever—present risk of a pandemic whose next move we can?t predict? my guests on socially distanced screens: political commentator yasmin alibhai brown, michael goldfarb of the podcast first rough draft of history, and here in the stud

here's the uk's deputy chief medical 0fficerjonathan van—tam. take us time to understand whether the antibodies in all cases protect against infection. and you can't speed up the answer to that. you have to carefully study people who recovered, people who you know who have not antibodies and follow them and track them and see if they become reinfected. here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh on what the new antibody test involves. it's what millions of britons want to know, have they already had coronavirus? now it's possible to find out for sure. with a blood test. it has to go through lab analysis, this can be done by hand like here at imperial college london or in an automated process like a new highly accurate antibody test approved for use in the uk. if you get infected with coronavirus your immune system starts to produce antibodies. these become part of your immune systems of memory. so if you get exposed to the virus again they should attack it. but how much protection they will give and how long that immunity will last is unclear.

professor van—tam knows how to turn a phrase and make a point.irectly about dominic cummings, the prime minister's most senior adviser who, among other things, drove 50 miles to test his eyesight during the lockdown. the rules are clear and they have always been clear. in my opinion they are for the benefit of all and in my opinion they apply to all. ouch. the prime minister's team had nothing to say when i asked for their response to this. instead, theirfocus is on how more people in england can slowly edge out of the lockdown. chris mason, bbc news. our political correspondent jonathan blake is here. the government under some criticism for going too going too far too quickly. they have been defending themselves this morning. yes, there has been a sense from some of those scientists advising the garment over the last few days that the easing of the last few days that the easing of the lockdown measures, which is happening in england tomorrow does not quote the government over the last few days, which is common in scotla nd last few days, which i

it was led by the health secretary matt hancock, england's deputy chief medical 0fficerjonathan van taming coordinator. mr hancock confirmed that the nhs contract tracing app will be trialled this week in the isle of wight, starting tomorrow with nhs staff first, and appealed to anyone living on the island to download the app. but he stressed that this pilot does not mean the end of social distancing. the health secretary says that 85,186 coronavirus tests were provided in some form on sunday, that's below the government's 100,000 tests—a—day target. the number of people who have died with confirmed coronavirus across all settings in the uk has risen by 288. that brings the total number of deaths to 28,7311. the health secretary said the reported figure could be lower than the actual number because of delays in reporting weekend deaths. that is what we heard from the government. joining me now from his constituency in leicester is labour's, shadow health secretary, jonathan ashworth. thank you very much indeed for being with us the first of all, the briefing at downing street focus very

professor van—tam knows how to turn a phrase and make a point.ey are for the benefit of all and in my opinion they apply to all. ouch. the prime minister's team had nothing to say when i asked for their response to this. instead, theirfocus is on how more people in england can slowly edge out of the lockdown. chris mason, bbc news. the labour mp, rosie duffield, has apologised for breaching lockdown restrictions and has resigned as a party whip. the mp for canterbury met her partner for a walk last month while they were living separately. she said they'd been trying to navigate "a difficult personal situation" as responsibly as possible, but in doing so had breached the guidelines. there was a big moment in the history of space travel last night as two nasa astronauts blasted off from cape canaveral in a privately funded rocket. doug hurley and bob behnken are on their way to the international space station in a craft that's been built by spacex, the company owned by the billionaire elon musk. our correspondent jane o'brien reports from florida.

welcome to today's downing street press conference on pleased to be joined by professor jonathan van tam deputy chief medical officer and i'll start with the daily update on the latest data on coronavirus 2000000 682716 test the current a virus have now been carried out in the u.k. and that includes $100678.00 tests carried out yesterday 246406 people have tested positive and that's an increase of 2684 cases since yesterday. 1408 people are currently in hospital with coronavirus which is down 13 percent from this time last week. and i'm very sad to report that of those who have tested positive for 19 across all settings 34796 have now died that's an increase of 160 deaths on yesterday and there's a saying we offer our condolences to the friends and family of every individual who's passed away during this coronavirus pound pandemic. this is a challenging time and as we chart the right course over the weeks and months ahead our overriding priority remains to save lives also at the same time preserving livelihoods and allowing people to return over time and as and when it's safe to somethin

and welcome to the downing street coronavirus daily briefing i'm joined today by professor jonathan van tam the day deputy chief medical officer and by john newton our coordinator for testing and today i want to update you with the latest plans for our program of test track and trace how we're going to use this massive testing capability that we've built in order to get our down and keep our down before do that i just want to remind you of what we're trying to achieve our plan is to slow the spread and to protect the n.h.s. . so that the n.h.s. is always there for you and your family whenever you need it whether for corona virus or anything else. that goal is working the number of spec critical camp beds in the n.h.s. is 3413 on the latest figures there have been 1000002 191000 tests for corona virus including 85186 tests on sunday yesterday 190584 people have now tested positive for corona virus an increase of 3985. 13258 people are in hospital with corona virus and 28734 people have died that's across all settings an increase of 288 that figure. is lower than at any point since the end of

i will now turn to professor van tam to take us through the day's charts.hank you, secretary of state. let's begin again with the five tests that we have in place for deciding if we are going to adjust the lockdown. the first is around the nhs capacity, and we are in a good position on that one. the second one is about a sustained and consistent fall in daily deaths from coronavirus, and it is now very clear in the data that we are past the peak. the next one is solid information that the rate of infection is decreasing to manageable levels right across the board. this is an indicator that we need to keep a close eye on over the next few days and weeks. the fourth one is around operational challenges, around testing and ppe, and being able to meet future demand. there are continuing challenges on ppe. it is an absolute priority to continue pushing on this, to get it right in the long run. but of course on testing, as you've heard from the secretary of state, we are in a very good position. and finally, we have to be confident that the adjustments we contemp

yesterday, your colleague jonathan van tam said the rules are there for the benefit of all and they apply say exactly the same things because we think in public health terms and i think in public health terms and i think that is right. from my own perspective, i can assure you that on the matter of personal and professional integrity, i will always try and follow the rules as i know he does. yes, i think we all do but the important thing is, there, they are rules for all of us and it is really important as we go through into this next critical phase that we do all follow them to the best of our ability and even minimise, if you like, some of the freedoms that are there, to ensure we can very gently come out of the pandemic. and if we start to spot things on the data which is difficult, there are opportunities then for scientific review, advice to government about what things need to be done as we go forward. thank you very much, jane. do you want to come back with a follow—up or are you happy with those responses? great, thank you very much. the next question isjohn stevens very much. the

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