Lets now hear more of what the foreign secretary, dominic raab had to say in todays Daily Briefing from downing street on the coronavirus. Good afternoon, and welcome to todays downing street press c0 nfe re nce. I am pleased to be joined byjonathan van tam, our deputy chief medical officer. I will 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. Im 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
Following the death of george floyd in police custody. Two weeks quarantine thats what the government wants all travellers to face as they come into the uk from monday. Back to school for the last few weeks of the summer term. Schools in wales will begin a limited return from the 29thjune. Good afternoon, and welcome to this special programme from bbc news. Well bring you all the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic, and the downing street briefing, which will be led today by the Prime Minister. But first, the home secretary has confirmed that new quarantine rules for people arriving in the uk from overseas will come into force on monday that includes uk nationals. Priti patel said most people entering the uk will be told to isolate for two weeks, with only a limited number of exemptions. They will be required to fill in a contact locator form, with details on where they will isolate and how they can be contacted. She warned that anyone leaving isolation in england could face a fine
Is below one. In other words, each person with the virus is giving it on average to fewer than one other person in every part of the uk, and therefore, the number of cases is shrinking. His conclusion from that point is that the government can press ahead with its planned timetable, its roadmap, for slowly starting to reopen the economy. This time next week is the point scheduled for the reopening of some non essential retail, shops, beginning to reopen. That has not yet been confirmed by the government, because they will be waiting for statistics later this week to be certain of the conditionality, as they describe it, and whether it is continuing to go in the right direction. But that was the focus for miss to hancock in the commons this afternoon and i expect that will be something he returns to in the news conference. He will be joined by David Pearson, the chair of the National Covid i9 social care support taskforce. Missed a hancock has tweeted today that it is carers week. Expec
The Prime Minister, borisjohnson. He began by confirming that there have been a further 121 coronavirus related deaths in the last 2a hours, bringing the total number of deaths in all settings to 36,914. The Prime Minister praised the countrys collective effort, the key indicators are heading in the right direction. With this in mind, he signposted towards the next set of restictions that will be eased. He confirmed that the government intends for Outdoor Markets and car show rooms to open from the 1st ofjune, and that from the 15th ofjune, the government intends to allow all other nonessential retail to reopen, but only in premises that are covid secure. Responding to questions about his chief adviser Dominic Cummings, borisjohnson said he regretted the confusion and anger caused by the the row. Mrjohnson said that people must make up their own minds about mrcummings trip to County Durham during lockdown. Lets have a listen now to what mrjohnson had to say. 3,532,634 tests for coronav
unrepentant, n the way, pretty unrepentant, saying he had no regrets about the decision he had no regrets about the decision he had no regrets about the decision he had made, he didnt believe he had broken the rules, or the spirit of the rules, and he certainly hadnt considered resigning. So, there was clarity around his position, certainly, although, as we are beginning to hear, there are quite a few Party Colleagues of his and others who are less than happy with the message that he gave. So, were waiting for the Prime Minister to appear. In the meantime, lets go to appear. In the meantime, lets go to downing street, and outside is oui to downing street, and outside is our Political Correspondent iain watson. Iain, lets just our Political Correspondent iain watson. Iain, letsjust think our Political Correspondent iain watson. Iain, lets just think about the kind of questions that the Prime Minister will face, following that statement by Dominic Cummings . think undoubtedly, he is goin