Louise casey, whos spearheading a Government Task force on rough sleeping during the pandemic and drJenny Harries, chief medical officerfor england. In other developments today, Vulnerable People who have been asked to shield at home in england and wales since the lockdown began will be able to go outdoors again from tomorrow. In the uk, a further 113 people who have tested positive for coronavirus have died, taking the total number to 38,489. Lets take you live to downing street for the daily coronavirus government update. Lets listen to robertjenrick. Lets listen to Robert Jenrick. Good afternoon and welcome to the downing street press conference. I am joined today by drJenny Harries, the deputy chief medical officer for england and Dame Louise Casey, the Prime Ministers adviser on rough sleeping. As communities secretary, i will be updating you on our support for the most Vulnerable People in society. I will be updating you on how we are shielding people from coronavirus in england,
Announced the coronavirus Testing Capacity as promised by a premise to borisjohnson of capacity as promised by a premise to Boris Johnson of 200,000, capacity as promised by a premise to borisjohnson of 200,000, the government are now saying they have reached that capacity target a day early. I think the Prime Minister mentioned the 1st ofjune, we are of course right at the end of may. So 200,000 coronavirus Testing Capacity target has been met. It was reached yesterday, 205600 and 34. Well hear more about that at the press briefing. Before that lets catch up with click. Hello, you. Hope youre doing ok. The weathers getting warmer here which means only one thing any minute now you will hear my next door neighbours lawnmower whiz past and theres nothing i can do about it. Sorry, lara. There is an app for that, you know, dont you watch a programme called click . Oh, yes, i remember. Good point we were actually all meant to be outside this week at the hay festival, but alas its not happen
Scientists warn is likely. It may be that actually easing lockdown is perfectly 0k in areas like london, which were hit early and hit hard, where the epidemic seems to have been virtually passed in many parts of the community, with a few exceptions. But up north, its still a very large number of cases. Testing people for coronavirus and tracing those theyve had contact with will be crucial to controlling the virus as restrictions are lifted, but labour and others are concerned the systems are not fully ready. Test, track and isolate is fundamental because unless that works, we wont know where the disease is, we wont able to shut it down in localised areas and we can see the reimposition of a lockdown and as you would expect, as shadow chancellor, im very, very concerned about what would happen to our economy if that happens, as well as the health impact. Relaxing the rules is not without risk and the impact the changes will have is unclear. Jonathan blake, bbc news. Lets speak now to a
Has rejected suggestions that chinas proposed new security laws could erode freedoms in the territory. A man and a teenage girl died in separate incidents along the cornish coastline on bank holiday monday. They are on their way home, home from the hell that is dunkirk. And we remember the heroes of dunkirk 80 years on. Good morning. Government ministers are trying today to shift attention from the pms top adviser Dominic Cummings, as they focus attention on plans to further ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions in england. Nonessential shops will open in the middle of next month, while car showrooms and Outdoor Markets can open from next monday. The Prime Minister said he understood the confusion and anger caused by the row but is standing by mr cummings. Mrjohnson said people will make up their own minds about Dominc Cummings explanation so do tell us this morning what your verdict is. Email victoria bbc. Co. Uk or on twitter vicderbyshire. This report is from our Political Correspo
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