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Great scoop by @PippaCrerar. Defence of Cummings begins. Went to parents as he & wife ill & needed help w son. Colleagues point to quote from Dep CMO Harries (Apr 10) where she spoke of accessing family support in ‘exceptional circs’ of parent illness. No 10 fronting this out 1/2
But there is also this. March 18 (day govt took decision to close schools, PM said “I also need to remind parents that, as we have already advised, children should not be left with older grandparents, or older relatives...” (full quote in transcript)
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Labour. “If accurate, PM’s chief adviser appears to have breached lockdown rules. Govt guidance very clear: stay at home & no non-essential travel. People do not expect there to be one rule for them & another for Mr Cummings. No 10 needs to provide a very swift explanation”
A neighbour saw Cummings in the garden of his parents’ property. This from @PippaCrerar’s story.
All the latest on the ‘Dominic Cummings breaks lockdown rules story’ via @RaynerSkyNews >

news.sky.com/story/coronavi…
ANALYSIS: No 10 will try to face this down. But brace for the backlash, from the opposition, from restive Tories, but most of all from the people who elected Boris Johnson prime minister
news.sky.com/story/coronavi…
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Govt 50-page “Covid-19 Recovery Strategy”
- It sets out “plan to rebuild UK for a world with Covid-19. It’s not a quick return to ‘normality’. Nor does it lay out an easy answers. And, inevitably, parts of this plan will adapt as we learn more about this virus” Thread 1/
It clear only LT-term solution is vaccine or drug-based treatment
- “While we hope for a breakthru, hope is not a plan”. Vaccine/treatment could be yr away
- In a “worst case scenario, we may never find a vaccine”
- We must countenance situation where we’re in for long haul 2/
PM: Current arrangements don’t provide enduring solution - the price is too heavy to our way of life, society, econ, LT public health.
- This plan seeks to return to life to as close to normal as poss, for as may people as poss, as fairly as poss, in a way that protects NHS 3/
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Daily data (April 8) via @IslaGlaister
- So grim. 938 people died. Total deaths 7,097
- Growth rate slowed for 6 days now. Days for deaths double 4.4 days (was 2.7 on March 23 -day PM ordered lockdown)
- Sadly we still not at peak & likely to see higher numbers in coming days 1/
Also are people dying of other causes because not accessing hospitals?
I noticed how NHS’s Powis urged people to go to hospital if non-Covid emergency at presser y’day
Data from Scotland (via @IslaGlaister) shows deaths from all causes in wk to April 5 60% higher than 5-yr av 2/
Daily data (via @IslaGlaister)
- 83% new deaths in England
- Balance shifting. London accounted for over a fifth of UK daily total. Wk ago it was a third
- Two trusts in Midlands reported highest number. New Nightingale hospital opens in Birm Fri. 500 beds, up to 2k capacity 3/
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Daily data (to April 7) via @IslaGlaister
- Grim news as 786 more deaths. Total now 6,159
- Better news is growth rate slowed again. Now taking 4 days for deaths to double for first time since the outbreak began
- Despite that, we due to reach 10,000 deaths at wkend. Hugely grim
Daily data via @IslaGlaister
- Regional breakdown shows more than half of all deaths in England (51%) have been London/Midlands NHS Regions.
- London almost 20 deaths per 100,000 people. Midlands has 11 per 100,000. SW is the lowest – 5 deaths per 100,000. 2/
Critical care bed data via @IslaGlaister
- Govt data shows capacity up 30% over 2 wks (+ more being built)
- Data also suggested wide regional variance. Isla worked out bed capacity per 100,000 people across regions. All except London below England’s overall rate of 8.6 per 100k
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