Downing Street Monday daily briefing
* PM still has mild symptoms
* Still plans to be out Friday
* He is chairing daily meeting using videophone and working from Chancellor’s office
* Dominic Cummings not in No10 and is self isolating after symptoms at weekend
* PM still has mild symptoms
* Still plans to be out Friday
* He is chairing daily meeting using videophone and working from Chancellor’s office
* Dominic Cummings not in No10 and is self isolating after symptoms at weekend
Downing Street Monday daily briefing
* Tory election campaign chief Isaac Levido has been working in Downing Street for the past week in response, working on all aspects of it as a contractor
* Ministers advised to work from home from beginning of last week wherever possible
* Tory election campaign chief Isaac Levido has been working in Downing Street for the past week in response, working on all aspects of it as a contractor
* Ministers advised to work from home from beginning of last week wherever possible
Downing Street Monday daily briefing
* Cabinet tomorrow at 1015 everyone remote
* Is the advice to work if you have Covid-19? The advice is about isolation.
* Cabinet tomorrow at 1015 everyone remote
* Is the advice to work if you have Covid-19? The advice is about isolation.
Downing Street Monday daily briefing
Total testing capacity 10,949
Tests carried out 9,114 as of 9am Sat
Individuals tested around 7,000
The reason for discrepancy is because for clinical reasons some people need to be multiple time
Total testing capacity 10,949
Tests carried out 9,114 as of 9am Sat
Individuals tested around 7,000
The reason for discrepancy is because for clinical reasons some people need to be multiple time
Downing Street Monday daily briefing
Q: Did Michael Gove get it wrong when he said 10,000 tests done?
A: Ministers are reliant on figures from Public Health England
Q: Did Michael Gove get it wrong when he said 10,000 tests done?
A: Ministers are reliant on figures from Public Health England
Downing Street Monday daily briefing
* Reach 25,000 in under 3 weeks
* Q: Why so far behind Germany where 70,000? A: We’ve been building capacity and working on antibody test
* Won’t echo Imperial’s Neil Ferguson assertion that antibody test days away.
* Reach 25,000 in under 3 weeks
* Q: Why so far behind Germany where 70,000? A: We’ve been building capacity and working on antibody test
* Won’t echo Imperial’s Neil Ferguson assertion that antibody test days away.
Downing Street Monday daily briefing
* Daily daily figures are for deaths in hospitals
* From tomorrow 👀*ONS will be publishing weekly data from death registration from people who die in the community* 👀
* Daily daily figures are for deaths in hospitals
* From tomorrow 👀*ONS will be publishing weekly data from death registration from people who die in the community* 👀
Downing Street Monday daily briefing
* Reason for individual death rates from hospitals differing from figures released by government is because sometimes there’s a lag while relatives are informed.
* No10 says it’s typically “a day’s delay”
* Reason for individual death rates from hospitals differing from figures released by government is because sometimes there’s a lag while relatives are informed.
* No10 says it’s typically “a day’s delay”
Downing Street Monday daily briefing
* Ventilator capacity same as last week: 8,000 available now.
* The F1/UCL CPAP device on media this morning - we ordered 100 units for testing and they have been approved by medical agency and these have been ordered
* Ventilator capacity same as last week: 8,000 available now.
* The F1/UCL CPAP device on media this morning - we ordered 100 units for testing and they have been approved by medical agency and these have been ordered
Downing Street Monday daily briefing
* There is spare capacity about intensive care
* Not aware of any imminent change to rules to close more businesses - eg construction
* There is spare capacity about intensive care
* Not aware of any imminent change to rules to close more businesses - eg construction
Downing Street Monday daily briefing
* On overzealous policing, No10 says police will exercise their discretion to enforce the rules
* The regulations last week set out what the police must enforce and the the police have discretion how to do that.
* On overzealous policing, No10 says police will exercise their discretion to enforce the rules
* The regulations last week set out what the police must enforce and the the police have discretion how to do that.
Downing Street Monday daily briefing
Q Can you sit on a park bench (given police moving some ppl sitting outside on)
A There are rules saying what you can do and those prohibit gatherings and say you must stay 2m apart.
Q Can you sit on a park bench (given police moving some ppl sitting outside on)
A There are rules saying what you can do and those prohibit gatherings and say you must stay 2m apart.
Downing Street Monday daily briefing
Q Is there going to have to be a reckoning with China?
A China is a vital partner and play an important role. We’ve always said transparency and information vital, PM has been in regular contact with President Xi
Q Is there going to have to be a reckoning with China?
A China is a vital partner and play an important role. We’ve always said transparency and information vital, PM has been in regular contact with President Xi
Downing Street Monday daily briefing
Q: Are we still on track with brexit trade talks
A: Yeah both sides know the deadlines. Coronavirus means more continuous discussion rather than the initial plan to hold them in stages
Q: Are we still on track with brexit trade talks
A: Yeah both sides know the deadlines. Coronavirus means more continuous discussion rather than the initial plan to hold them in stages
Downing Street Monday daily briefing
* On Brits stranded abroad: Announcement imminent on government charting flight
* On Brits stranded abroad: Announcement imminent on government charting flight
