WATCH: Sharma – No haircuts until July 4. At least.
He also confirmed that the Government is keeping the two-meter social-distancing rule under review.
WATCH: “Yes, you’re right, we’re all right, to say that black lives matter” – Johnson.
“But I must also say that we are in a time of national trial…we can’t now let the virus get out of control.”
WATCH: Hancock says that it’s safe to take elderly family members into care homes
And he announced that all adult care homes will be able to have coronavirus tests regardless of whether residents or staff show symptoms.
WATCH: “It’s just a nonsense”. Hodge attacks decision to end ‘virtual Commons’.
“What’s happening this week, which makes me so angry, is I’m now allowed to vote but I can’t take part in debates.”
WATCH: Hancock – ‘I’m sure… that we made the right decisions at the right time’
The Health Secretary disagrees with the suggestion of a SAGE scientist that the Government did not implement lockdown early enough.
WATCH: Republican senator wants “people to be comfortable to peacefully protest”
“But boy, you sure don’t want these poor business owners getting hurt. People get hurt. As you know, we’ve had… law enforcement have lost their life.”
WATCH: Health Secretary says demonstrations are ‘undoubtedly a risk’ for spreading Covid-19
“The virus itself doesn’t discriminate, and gathering in large groups is temporarily against the rules precisely because it increases the risk…”
WATCH: The official UK death toll passes 40,000
And there is dispute about what’s happening to the R rate. Vallance warns that in some parts of England it is possible that it is above one.
WATCH: Shapps announces that face coverings will be required on public transport
In England, that is. Though Scotland and Wales are expected to follow suit. Passengers could be refused travel and fined if they don’t comply.
WATCH: Johnson leads today’s press conference. And Whitty claims that the five tests justify the lockdown relaxation.
He also says that it is the “unanimous view” of the U.K.’s four chief medical officers that the alert level should remain at Level Four.
WATCH: The Leader of the Opposition asks the Prime Minister who has been in ‘direct control’ of combating the crisis until now
Starmer claims that Johnson didn’t reply to a confidential letter offering to help build support for re-opening schools.
WATCH: Hancock – “The pandemic has exposed huge disparities in the health of our nation”
Being older, male, obese and living in a city all increase risk, as do a range of sometimes associated health conditions such as diabetes.
WATCH: Hancock. The contact-tracing system “is successful”.
“Those who are asked to isolate by the contact tracers are expressing the willingness to do so,” he says.
WATCH: Jenrick on shielding – and the next steps for the Government’s response on rough sleepers
Over 90,000 of those been shielded are children, he tells today’s press conference, and hundreds of thousands were at work before the pandemic.
WATCH: Dodds – “It is absolutely right that Duffield has resigned”
She says Labour whip had to resign from the Opposition frontbench after admitting a breach of the lockdown rules with her boyfriend.