we start in the uk. borisjohnson has faced many questions about whether covid rules were observed in downing street. it's understood around 30 people gathered for this event. labour has called on borisjohnson to call come clean. borisjohnson has faced many questions of about whether covid rules were observed. i can rules were observed. i can understand _ rules were observed. i can understand how _ rules were observed. i can| understand how infuriating rules were observed. i can i understand how infuriating it rules were observed. ice�*i understand how infuriating it must be to think that the people who have been setting the rules have not been following the rules. that was december 2021. 19 months earlier — in may 2020, england was in its first lockdown. there were already over 30,000 covid deaths. 20th may was the hottest day of the year so far. and at 5pm, culture secretary 0liver dowden led the government's daily covid update — and reiterated the rules. you can meet one person outside your household in an outdoor public place, provided that you stay two metres apart.