🔴 Boris Johnson says the NHS Test and Trace system "clearly relies on everyone playing their part".
"We need you to get a test if you have coronavirus symptoms... there is plenty of capacity and everyone with symptoms is eligible."
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"We need you to get a test if you have coronavirus symptoms... there is plenty of capacity and everyone with symptoms is eligible."
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📊 The Prime Minister provides a quick overview of the data:
🔹 171,829 tests carried out yesterday
🔹 1,871 people have tested positive
🔹 7,485 people are in hospital with #Covid19, down 16% compared to this time last week
🔹 Sadly 359 people have died
🔹 171,829 tests carried out yesterday
🔹 1,871 people have tested positive
🔹 7,485 people are in hospital with #Covid19, down 16% compared to this time last week
🔹 Sadly 359 people have died
🛬 Boris Johnson says that quarantine for international travellers will help stop a second peak.
The Prime Minister adds that the UK will explore the possibility of international corridors with countries that have low levels of transmission
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The Prime Minister adds that the UK will explore the possibility of international corridors with countries that have low levels of transmission
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💷 Boris Johnson also says that the UK is committed to helping other countries tackle the pandemic.
He adds that, through supporting Gavi, the UK is helping to strengthen health systems in some of the world's poorest countries
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He adds that, through supporting Gavi, the UK is helping to strengthen health systems in some of the world's poorest countries
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🦠 Sir Patrick Vallance, Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, says that the infection rate is infection rate "is not coming down fast", leaving “relatively little room for manoeuvre”.
"That means we have to tread relatively cautiously”
"That means we have to tread relatively cautiously”
🖤 Boris Johnson says he was appalled and sickened to see what happened to George Floyd.
Asked about the #BlackLivesMatter protests in central London, he urges people to protest peacefully and in accordance with social distancing
Asked about the #BlackLivesMatter protests in central London, he urges people to protest peacefully and in accordance with social distancing
💼 Boris Johnson says that "tragically there will be many, many job losses - that is just inevitable".
"All I can say in dealing with that fallout, we will be as activist and interventionist as we have been so far," he adds.
The PM says that young people could be hardest hit
"All I can say in dealing with that fallout, we will be as activist and interventionist as we have been so far," he adds.
The PM says that young people could be hardest hit
🇮🇹 Asked a question by an Italian journalist about the quarantine plans, Boris Johnson declines to comment on specifics about air bridges, or international corridors.
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