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On december the 31st. Borisjohnson says it is shameful the press officer is unable to attend these conferences because she that statues are having to be does not want to defend dominic boarded up because of fears cummings. Can you say whether that they will be vandalised. Is true, and if it is true whether families of more than 400 people whove died with coronavirus demand it is right . I dont think it is an urgent Public Inquiry true. She has attended them before. Into the governments handling of the pandemic. I notice it is at the top of the number ten twitter feed, i see one of her tweets ten, and she has been and the paralympian whos the only black member of a board a regular contribute before and i am with britains major sports tells us sure she will be back here again. dont know anything about the much more needs to be done. Various discussions but all i can say is i have been here many times saying exactly what i think. Thank and much more needs to be done. Coming up in half ar you very much for your question. I time, and coming up in half an hours time, that daily Coronavirus Press will turn to tom clarke of itv. Briefing, led today by the transport hello, secretary of state. Thanks for taking my question. The first secretary. One i think is for you, and my second question is for professor. Professor powys. Given the economic hello, good afternoon. The uk economy shrank by more than a fifth in april, the biggest monthly contraction information out today that is on record, as a result dismal, wouldnt it be better to do of the coronavirus lockdown. New figures from the office for National Statistics show almost anything to help get the economy all areas of the economy back on its feet that would help were affected, with housebuilders and Car Manufacturers prevent the slot of the virus, Wearing Masks on public transport. Particularly badly hit. To you, professor, the thing right the chancellor rishi sunak has said across the uk is still stubborn mac the fall is in line with many other countries which are suffering the impact of the pandemic. Stubbornly near to one. According to our economics correspondent andy verity has been scientific advice that is largely looking at the figures. The amount of covid 19 in hospitals this is the scale of ca re the amount of covid 19 in hospitals care homes. We have had the largest the economic plunge in april. Increase of respiratory outbreaks ten times the size of any previous since the peak in the last week. Dive, much larger than the global does that show that whatever were financial crisis and much faster doing in hospitals to prevent than the Great Depression of the 1930s. Coronavirus spreading is working . This gym in altrincham thanks, tom. Lets look on the first near manchester is among thousands of businesses that thrived before lockdown, part of a chain point, about, ishould with 100,000 members and 700 staff. Thanks, tom. Lets look on the first point, about, i should say, face but now, most of them coverings for public transport, not are on furlough and the gym is eerily quiet, as it has been face masks, really important. for three months. Coverings for public transport, not face masks, really important. I know peter has been working on this in so we have huge super scale facilities here. The last three weeks and we are very its boss, like many others keen on asking him to say a word or two about that in a second. My across the economy, has somehow got understanding of science, and i know to find a way to pay the firms that stephen will put me right if i bills when its income is zero. We have had no revenues coming get it wrong. Social distancing is in since the shutdown on the 21st of march and, of course, considerable recurring absolutely the most important thing, cost in the interim, along with washing your hands and and so it has been exceptionally not touching your face. Perhaps challenging to manage the cash those things are equal. Stephen will reserves that we have on the way tell us. We found when we looked at through, while protecting our teams the evidence on Face Coverings that and making sure that we dont build a creditor wall on the other side it was distant to those things. In that is too difficult and takes too the end, as you will know and as i long to unwind. Mentioned in my comments before, we among the hardest hit sectors decided to bring those in and make were accommodation and food, them mandatory, because it is something that actually helps your with activity down a1 in the three months to april, with education fellow commuter, your fellow traveller, and we thought it was a and transport and storage also badly good thing to do for society. By its hit, each down by more than 18 . This is completely unprecedented. Very nature, if you are on a train, plane, ferry or bus, you are in an the size and suddenness of the economic downturn enclosed area. That is not the case is without precedent in Economic Statistics or the experience if you are out and about on the street, and i think that the of the uk economy. What is most extraordinary principal difference of this. I about this record slump we are in is that, unlike previous wonder if i canjust principal difference of this. I wonder if i can just use your points recessions, this was the direct to ask sir peter to comment on the outcome of deliberate government policy. Facemasks coming in and the work in ordering lockdown, going on there, then i will go to the government, like other governments around the world, was requiring and requesting a big stephen for the last point. Thank drop in Economic Activity on a scale and at a speed we have never seen before. You, secretary of state. 0n Face Coverings, when we were First Construction was also hit harder restarting the transport system and than other sectors where home people were first able to travel working was possible. Down 40 in april alone. Again, apart from essential workers, the government said then that face im not, im afraid, surprised coverings were recommended when it might be likely that you would be by the figures that we have seen. The uk is heavily close to other people. The reality dependent on services. We are a dynamic, creative economy. We depend so much on human contact. Of our transport systems, and particularly as the economy ramps up is that there will be more and more we have been badly hit by this, occasions where you might be closer but we are also amazingly to people than you would care for, resilient and creative so to people than you would care for, so it seems perfectly logical to me and we will bounce back. The economic slump, like the virus, and all my colleagues as transport is notjust a national, operators to mandate Face Coverings but an international crisis. Now, because as we get to monday and there was a report that came out the restart of nonessential retail and looking at more people going to a couple of days ago from the 0ecd, work, its much more likely that you that group of industrialised will see or be close to other nations, and it suggested people, so Face Coverings is a that the drop in gdp for this year sensible thing to do and we are for the uk would actually be worse than for every other industrialised nation, expecting on monday because so we are in a very, passengers are hugely sensible for very difficult situation people to be wearing Face Coverings. As a country and we will need strong action to help us to climb out thanks, peter, and my understanding of this as quickly as possible. Is it is a nickel an enclosed remarkable in the midst space, and that is the key of the economic shutdown difference. But i will go to the was the modesty of the drop in retail sales, down only 8. 9 , expert, both on that and for the r as consumers ordered online like never before. Number question. On the facemasks, the habit of spending dies hard, as the chief medical officer and even when all the shops are shut. Andy verity, bbc news. Chief Scientific Minds have said a number of times on this podium, the evidence is weak, but nevertheless there is some evidence and it is this afternoon the governor better for enclosed spaces than open spaces where there is less risk of of the bank of england Andrew Bailey has been giving us his transmission. 0n the question of reaction to the figures. Well, obviously it is a dramatic hospitals, and infection in hospitals, and infection in hospitals, youre absolutely right. It is very important that we focus and big number, well, but actually it is not very ha rd it is very important that we focus a surprising number. Very hard on infection in hospitals. The economy clearly closed down clearly, the hospital environment is substantially at the end one where there is more infection of march into april, so it is not surprising. It is actually pretty much in line because we are treating many, many with what we were expecting. Thousands of patients with now, the big question, of course, infection, and clearly infection is what happens next . We monitor a lot of very high control and stopping any potential frequency data these days, spread in those environments is we have a lot of access to that critical. This is something the nhs data, which is why we had and hospitals are well used to. We a reasonably good read on what was have been managing Infection Control going to happen in april. For many, many years. We have had we see signs of the economy now beginning to come back into life Great Success in things like mrsa. In the High Frequency data. We do see that. If you go back 15 years ago that was common to see people infected with it is early days and obviously i dont want to emphasise that too much, it is a gradual coming back mrsa, in the blood, in hospitals but into life, but we do through rigorous Infection Control see those signs. The levels are much, much lower, or so i think that is evidence more or less eliminated, so we know of things are starting up again, of things starting up again, how to do this. As we have learned more about this virus and how it but the really big question that spreads, for instance, the potential goes beyond that is not only how for asymptomatic individuals to quickly and at what pace and at what sequence parts spread, we have been working closer and closer with our hospitals and of the economy are going to come back to life, but this whole other Health Care Settings to ensure question about how much long term that we have the policies, the damage is there going to be . That is the thing that we have to be processes in place to ensure we very focused on because that is where jobs get lost minimise the risk of spread. So if i and that is where damage is done give you some of the examples of to peoples livelihoods. Now, we hope that will be what has been put in place, we have as small as possible, but we have to be ready to take been increasing the amount of action, notjust the bank testing we have been doing, both of of england, but more broadly, staff and patients. Quite a while on what we can do to offset those longer term damaging effects. Ago now we started testing all thats the governor of the bank of england. 0ur economics correspondent patients being admitted as emergencies into hospitals, notjust andy verity is here. The Prime Minister was saying those with symptoms of covid that earlier we should really be would allow us to spot those surprised by this. That makes it sound like we can deal with it asymptomatic people and make sure easily, but we are still looking at they were cold hearted or segregated the biggest monthly drop in economic appropriately from other patients. Output on record, and by far the we started testing staff who were biggest anyone has known really in obviously symptomatic, then we their lifetimes, possibly in the started testing staff who are last 300 years. Just to put this in asymptomatic. More recently, we have perspective, in the Global Financial had a real focus on Data Collection crisis, the biggest monthly fall we and understanding those saw was less than i , this is 20 organisations who we need to support times that size. The peak to the the most, and ruth may, the chief trough in the Global Financial nursing 0fficer, crisis was a 6. 9 drop in economic the most, and ruth may, the chief nursing officer, is leading on that output, meaning what we buy and work. Earlier today after the secretary of state because my announcement last week, we have sell, the work, Economic Activity, 6. 9 , this is three times as much in asked all hospitals and Health Care Settings to introduce the routine just a month. It is so serious and wearing of surgical masks, and the what is extraordinary about it is, i reason for that is when you move out was highlighting this, it is the outcome of deliberate government of the ward areas where ppe is worn policy. No other recession or crisis has been like that. These things are into the corridors and spaces where supposed to be unintended and out of sometimes it can be harder to manage the blue. This has happened in this country like it has happened all social distancing, it is important over the world because people are that the use of facemasks is there trying to fight the virus and governments have ordered their to further reduce the chance of economies to shut down, or large parts of it anyway, in order to try transmission. So we have to achieve that. But what that means progressively over the course of is that because of deliberate this epidemic introduced more and more measures as we have learned government policy lots of firms are more measures as we have learned more about this virus to really facing going to the wall now. We are minimise the risk of transmission in seeing about a fifth of firms saying they will run out of cash in a hospitals, but youre absolutely matter of weeks. We are seeing right, its something we have to unemployment going up very close to continue focusing on and make sure its Global Financial crisis peak of we control. Tom, very briefly . Just about 2. 5 million, it is already at about 2. 5 million, it is already at about 2. 1 million, and in spite of quickly, why do you think then you have seen an increase in outbreaks the £27 billion the government has spent so far on supporting people in hospitals in the last week . think as we are moving now from a and protecting jobs, well, it is likely to go up much faster, three, four, may be 5 million. These are community incidence, so a community very frightening times, and in a amount of infection that is way, almost as frightening now as reducing, but we will begin to see the Health Picture is the economic overtime is more focus on individual picture. People cant see a future outbreaks. And of course that might notjust be and that an certainty in itself ta kes a and that an certainty in itself takes a toll on peoples health. Hospitals, it might be other borisjohnson has said he is settings. You will know from international confident there will be a bounce back for the economy, but there are reports that abattoirs, meat a lot of tory backbenchers and processing factories, have been businesses who are saying one of the subject to outbreaks, possibly best ways to get a bounce back in because in a very cold environment the short term is to cut the two the virus is more stable. I think we metres social distancing rule down to one metre. When you look at the are now moving from a period of time cliff that the economy has just where we have had to focus on a high jumped off we need a very strong bungee cord to bring us back up to level, that surge of infection in the population, through to managing the top. And realistically, of more discreet outbreaks, which again economists like the 0ecd the 0ecd you have heard at this podium will the other day highlighting that we are the worst hit of all the mean more local interventions to advanced economies in this crisis, manage that. And again that is was suggesting that a bounce back is something that Public Health not a realistic prospect. Rather england, local directors of public than a not a realistic prospect. Rather thana v not a realistic prospect. Rather than a v shape we are looking more health and local government and the nhs is used to dealing with in like a lopsided tick, it is going to ta ke like a lopsided tick, it is going to take a long time to get back up, and non epidemic circumstances. From if there is a second wave we have a time to time we do see outbreaks of more crumpled pattern, a sort of second slump and then coming back up Infectious Diseases and we do know from that. But when you look at the how to manage them. Tom, thank you scale of this and the damage that very much. I think it is worth has been done, its going to be very mentioning and reminding people, ha rd has been done, its going to be very hard with social distancing measures in place for a lot of leisure stephen, that from monday people should take Face Coverings to companies, theatres, pleasure boats, hospitals if they are going there for any reason at all. Thank you. For example, to make money. What happens to their jobs . For example, to make money. What happens to theirjobs . Do we keep lets turn to ashishjoshi from sky. Paying people not to work or try and find some other work . That is what thank you very much. My first Andrew Bailey was foreshadowing, we question is to you, mr shapps. You need a programme to stimulate the programme, probably through public are talking about the importance of spending, and helping people to work the r rate. And today we have had a rather than not work. Andy verity, regional breakdown, so while the for we are still at one orjust below in the south west we have a range of erica 0. 821. 1, which takes rather than not work. Andy verity, erica our economics editor, thank the south west we have a range of 0. 82 1. 1, which takes us above that you. All important one number the prime high Street Stores and shopping minister has spoken about so many centres have begun opening in Northern Ireland, as coronavirus restrictions begin to ease. In england, non essential shops will be allowed times 0. 8 to 1. 1. Are we moving to re open on monday. No date has been set for scotland or wales. Towards that very that possibility 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, has more. The coronavirus closure is over. Retailing is being unlocked. Of regional lockdowns . On the r rate all shops in Northern Ireland now and the way that has been published have permission to open ahead of the rest of the uk. Today, the range, as you mentioned, for people working in the sector, it is a hugely important day. Excited, nervous. 0. 7 to 0. 9 nationwide, and we are confident from what we understand from sage it is less. And then we have been closed for 12 weeks, so all of us are feeling just that there is a band across each area little bit emotional as well where there is a sort of high and because we love victoria square, we love what we do and to be given low estimate made based on the the opportunity again to start welcoming back our customers number of series of different is an emotional day. Some buyers were out modelling approaches ta ken early and said they felt the difference straightaway. Number of series of different modelling approaches taken by sage, and it so happens that one of them, as you rightly say, says it could be i think it is great, there is a bit of an atmosphere back between 0. 9 and 1. 1, but i think it in the town as well, so it is buzzing. Is an outlier of the central the Shopping Experience isnt the same as it was before, though. Estimate. To answer your question hand sanitising stations, one way directly we are very interested of systems and social distancing notices are prominent additions. Course to have more data, because the more data we can analyse, the the number of shoppers isnt massive more we can see where there are and the weather is probably not outbreaks, and i noticed there were helping to bring people out. Nonetheless, the fact 193,000 plus tests done or sent out, that the shutters are up again in the high street and people so we 193,000 plus tests done or sent out, are browsing the shelves does feel so we have a large number of tests like a significant moment. Being produced and that gives us better, more informed data about where issues might bubble up in the it is as if it is the beginning future. Well then i wouldnt want to rule anything out, but i think of the end of the ghost town feel. It might seem like the last few probably that south west figure months have belonged today isnt quite as maybe being in the pages of a novel, but real lifes entered a new era. Reported, but then i turned to the this book seller wants to retain as much of his shops expertise of the professor. Yes, character as possible. Thank you. It is exactly as the whereas restrictions may be lessening, i think we have all been secretary of state has described. Sage or its modelling group takes affected by this so deeply, data from a number of different in so many different ways, academic groups who do modelling and i think a lot of people will be reticent and cautious around the r number, and then it about going in to places ta kes all where they are going to be meeting around the r number, and then it takes all those individual models which are all slightly different, people and things like that. All using slightly different so i think we will manage. Assumptions and different models, our main aim is to make it as comfortable for people thenit assumptions and different models, then it produces a consensus. When as possible to come in. It produces that consensus it there is one other notable change in Northern Ireland today. Intentionally has a central most the number of people from different likely projects and then a range households who are allowed to meet around it which represents that you outdoors has increased from six to ten. Can never be completely confident on very gradually, more aspects of normality are returning. A single projection, and there is a chris page, bbc news, belfast. Range of what we call confidence, which might be familiar with in statistics. And, as you said, sage, so, as weve been hearing, from monday non essential for the first time today has shops in england will be allowed to reopen. Published those regional r values. But how keen will shoppers be they do have central projections and to visit the high street, after 12 weeks of lockdown . Ranges, and the important thing is 0ur Consumer Affairs correspondent, that in all regions of the central sarah corker has been finding out. Projection within that region is sprucing up the high street below one. Thank you. Do you want to for the grand reopening. Come back . And ijust ask, we have ive obviously got posters on the door. Ive got hand sanitiser. Been speaking to local businesses after three months with no and people in the South West Region customers, lauras gift shop today, and they are quite worried about it, so what would you say to is slowly coming back to life. Got a one way system in place. Them to allay their fears and concerns . Sorry, you are finishing the point as well, stephen. she is now set up to welcome socially distanced concerns . Sorry, you are finishing the point as well, stephen. I was going to make a further point that r shoppers on monday. Is of course a very important way of a maximum of two customers at any looking at this, but there are other time, so once somebody leaves, somebody else enters. Things we look at. You may also be aware that the office for National Statistics has published again today arrows here, a 2 metre distance from the till the results from their surveillance section and then this arrow out towards the door. Before the pandemic hit, almost 25 of shops here study where they randomly sample in Bishop Auckland were empty. Individuals in the population to laura and her mum carol know directly look for how many people there are tough times ahead. Are testing positive for this virus. We want, you know, everybody that study has shown that over the really to shop locally. Last month or so, the last few weeks, we have seen a steady there is part of me that does reduction in their projection of the believe that some peoples shopping number of infections in the habits will have changed forever, but then i believe that theres community. Lots of local people that and, really, that evidence also will support their high streets. Suggests that the r value is below just have to go for it. Im getting upset one, because its only when the r whats making you upset . Value is below one that we would see the thought that we could possibly that decrease in the number of not be here this time next year. Infections. So r is really we will. Weve worked hard important, but there are other ways for what weve got. We have worked so hard, as well of measuring how frequent though, havent we . Its just the two of us. The virus is in the population. And lockdown is costing non essential i would say, look, the message to somebody in the south west watching retailers an estimated £1. 8 billion this, concerned they have seen at a week in lost sales, least one of the projection models but will customers feel suggest there is a range which could safe enough to return . Will you be going in those shops . Go above one is, please, stay alert, follow that advice, stay at home. We now know that is the only way to not on monday, not at all. Defeat this thing in the short term, i literally wont be going there and it is doubly important to do so, because it will be too busy. Across the country as well, and i i dont particularly like going shopping at the moment anyway. Think not to be over alarmed i feel safe, not a problem. Keep your distance. Because, as professor Stephen Powis if anybody coughs, run has said, this was actually the top of the range which had a number of for Shopping Centres used others which showed it was still to thousands of people below one, but, please, stay alert. Cani below one, but, please, stay alert. Coming can i turn to an end can i turn to Natasha Clark at the sun . Through the doors every day, my first question is to transport this is shopping on a different secretary. Several airlines so the scale, and here at the metrocentre government hasnt spoken to them in in gateshead, they are using any detail about technology to help manage the flow of customers. Government hasnt spoken to them in any detailabout air government hasnt spoken to them in any detail about air bridges which would allow them to travel to weve got flow counters, counting at the doors, heat mapping, we know where people are within the centre through wi fi technology, 300 shops here, at 100 opening for the 15th, the rest are facing in. Retailers have suffered a severe economic shock. Businesses here hope the path chris whitty said there was likely to retail recovery will be led by smaller high streets as people read discover whats on their doorstep. To be the second wave in the winter. Sarah caulker, bbc what preparations are being made to news, Bishop Auckland. Joining me is anna blackburn, managing director of the jewellery deal with this in our hospitals and chain beaverbrooks. Ca re deal with this in our hospitals and care homes and what lessons have been learned given how poorly prepared we were the first time thank you forjoining us. I think round . I spend a lot of time speaking to the whole aviation you are reopening all 70 of your sector amongst many others, including on this is to do with stores in england on monday. Do you think people will be coming back to things like the quarantine, which is your stores, the shoppers will the basis of the reason why air return . Indications are very strong, bridges would be interesting at all. We have had a lot of interest from customers and a lot of enquiries first of all on the quarantine, i about when we are opening. And think most brits understand that we have sacrificed a lot. We have appointments, people wanting appointments, people wanting appointments to come and see us, so stayed at home, we have been we are cautiously optimistic that customers will come out knowing the fighting this virus getting the our number below one, what we dont want measures we have put in place on to do is end up essentially safety a nd measures we have put in place on safety and security for our customers. What are the measures you have put in place, out of interest . Re importing it, either by people come here, or brits going aboard and are people going to be able to walk into a store and actually try on a then coming back, so the idea of quarantine is the right thing to be ring ora into a store and actually try on a ring or a necklace, or whatever it is . Ill take it from the beginning, doing. I note it has broad public they wont just be is . Ill take it from the beginning, they wontjust be able to walk into support but you are right, we have a store, we will have barriers on a lwa ys support but you are right, we have always said it would come in as a our entrances and every customer blanket thing initially and thats will be met by a member of our team what happened. And that we would look at whether it would be safe to, wearing a visor, wearing ppe to for example, open up what you call establish what they are looking for. The store is set up and laid out to air bridges, which might better be described as travel corridors social distancing regulations. We because of course you can get here will be sitting customers down. We by railand because of course you can get here by rail and ferries as well. And will be sitting customers down. We will be sitting customers down. We will be serving them with perspex thatis by rail and ferries as well. And that is something we are actively working on. The first review of this screens so will be serving them with perspex screens so that the selling teams dont need to wear ppe. We will have ta kes pla ce working on. The first review of this takes place on the 29th ofjune, so the usual hand sanitisation, we will im sorry to disappoint you about which countries we are speaking to sanitise the stations before and and all the rest of it. We will need after, but we will be able to enable to wait. At the moment it is a customers to try on jewellery and watches. I think its such an blanket situation, but we are emotive product often command such talking to airlines who are part of an emotive purchase for customers, that to be able to come in and try the specialist working groups on it on is essential, so we have this and talking to airports, and invested in specialistjewelry indeed we will talk to other cleaning to be able to ensure that countries about it. But the basic we can safely enable our customers principle should be that we must to try on the jewellery and watches. Make sure that we dont end up in a i think you employ about 1000 second wave situation, which rather people, or so. How leads into your second question. I think you employ about 1000 people, orso. How hard hit i think you employ about 1000 people, or so. How hard hit have you been by the lockdown . People would expect us not to do that and take every precaution against it and we will only open up it has been really tough, 980 people air bridges where it is safe to do followed. With exception of two so air bridges where it is safe to do so and there will be more on that in weeks we have been able container the review period which is the 29th ofjune. And on the second point about the second wave. Yes, our e business, but although we have hopefully we will not have that seen an increase our e business, but although we have seen an increase in online trading it certainly hasnt made up for the second wave, but of course we have to think about the possibility and store is closed, and never in our prepare for it. I would take a bit hundred year history have we seen of issue that the nhs was poorly prepared because i think the nhs did anything like it, to be close to not an absolutely magnificent job trading for 12 weeks, it has been considering this was a virus that we didnt know about untiljanuary. Exceptional. The measures youve described, shields, face shields, started coming to the uk in that kind of thing, on the face of february, march and then we saw that it you could think it might put huge surge in march and april, and people off, but on the other hand, i dont know, we are a nation of the nhs in my view responded shoppers. Do you think people are magnificently, rapidly changing the keen to get back into the shops . |j way it worked in order to ensure we think keen to get back into the shops . think from the feedback we have had have the capacity, both in our from our customers, certainly, and general beds but also in our itu the fact we have considered the Customer Journey from beds for the sickest patients to the fact we have considered the customerjourney from the Customer Journey from the beginning right through, and the fact our focus has been on the safety of our ensure that at no time was that capacity breached and we have always had the capacity in place for the people and our customers has helped patients who needed it. U nfortu nately patients who needed it. Unfortunately in other countries in with consumer confidence. They know other settings we saw that wasnt they can come and have the the case, so i think the nhs showed experience they would expect buying just how flexible it can be in a such a special product, and they will be in a safe and controlled crisis. It is clear we have learned lessons from that, it is clear that environment. We are quietly and Going Forward we can take some of cautiously confident that people will want to come back and be able the learning from that in case we to try on the product, and be able have a second phase. So for to try on the product, and be able to get the advice and expertise from our teams instance, we work very flexibly. To get the advice and expertise from ourteams in to get the advice and expertise from our teams in the store. But, of course, we all know the high street staff worked flexibly in ways they may not have done previously. And in this country has been struggling that will be possible again going against online, and in a way this forward. The nightingale hospitals we re lockdown is pretty much the last forward. The nightingale hospitals were built in case we need them and thing you need . Were built in case we need them and we are actively considering what we lockdown is pretty much the last need to do with those Going Forward thing you need . I think lockdown has definitely increased the speed and to ensure that if there is a second popularity of online, no doubt, because people havent really had wave we have capacity in place. We any other choice, but i also think, are also looking at usage of beds. And you said it before, we are a for instance, in outpatients in nation of shoppers, and i think some other areas, much more video people will be really keen to get back out straightaway. There will be consultations, much more remote others that will then venture out consultations. So, different ways of slower and more cautiously, and i working, some of which we have wa nted working, some of which we have wanted to do in the nhs but we have think it is for us about making sure donein we give that one on one experience, wanted to do in the nhs but we have done in accelerated fashion. So we are thinking very hard about how we and it is experiential for our can get back to business, back to customers. It needs to be different normal business in the nhs, thats to shopping online, and i think that really important that we are able to is through the experience people get and expertise when they come into do all the stuff we do normally, but the store. Good to talk to you, anna at the same time make sure that, although we are working hard to make blackburn, managing director of the chain beaverbrooks. Good on monday. Sure it doesnt happen, that if we do see an increase in coronavirus, perhaps in the winter, that we have the capacity in order to deal with and good luck on monday. That as well i the government has updated the capacity in order to deal with that as well 2 thei the capacity in order to deal with that as well 2 the normal business that as well as the normal business of the nhs. Thanks, stephen. Its reproduction number the so called r number and published regional r values for england natasha, was there anything you want for the first time. To come back on . Can i ask you, the average r value for the uk, as a whole, remains at between 0. 7 0. 9. Transport secretary, what you think the figures show that the r number would be the best measure in your is highest in the south west view to replace the quarantine of england where it is between syste m view to replace the quarantine system with, indeed, if after this 0. 8 and 1. 1. 0ur head of statistics review you decide a different robert cuffe is with me now. Can you just talk us through these toitaken . Review you decide a different to is taken . The home approach needs to be taken . The home secretary has discussed testing at latest r number values we have, and airports and obviously you have mentioned air bridges just why they are significant . Well, the airports and obviously you have mentioned air bridgesjust now. What do you think might be the best broad picture, we are all looking at replacement for it . As i have said where the infections are going. Bigger than one, they will increase, before and as the Prime Minister and lower than one means they will said and the home secretary, air keep going down. The significance of bridges, or travel corridors, are a potential way forward and that could todays figures, its the first time bea potential way forward and that could be a supplement to things like we have seen regionalfigures testing as well, although we have to published, and i think that is what ta ke testing as well, although we have to take the scientific advice on the we can see on the screen now. Validity of doing things like the metro mayors of liverpool and testing at ports, airports and other places. But clearly there are manchester asked the government to countries that have lower levels of publish this information because there was a fear the north west was infection. But that may be because lagging behind and suffering. I could read out the numbers for they have yet to go into this, viewers but it is largely the same rather than that they have come out of it again, so we need to be very picture, between 0. 8 and one careful and cautious. We wont throw everywhere. Some regions might be a away the good work that has been little lower, like the north east, done but we will have very sensible but the range is overlapping for conversations and this would most regions. You mentioned the certainly be limited in the first south west, where there is a hint it place, and im speaking with the might be above one, the key number airlines and aviation sector the we are all worried about. I think we need to be a little careful before whole time about this, and indeed we we read too much into that. The issued fresh guidance just yesterday range is between 0. 8 and 1. 1, so the for aviation and for passengers, so it is an if . . . Conversation and balance of probability, the middle of the range, still below one, so the epidemic is still going on the right direction, and when you talk to people in the south west they say there has been an outbreak in hospital in weston super mare, and when, if you are in the lucky position, and as i said they have had some of the lowest rates throughout the epidemic, so one small blip can make a big difference. So we need to be little careful i think before we get too carried away with that. 0k. What about the latest death statistics with covid 19 . About the latest death statistics with covid19 . This shows a different picture of who is affected most. Part of the picture is regional but it is also really driven very clearly by deprivation, and we can see that. We already know that the poorest people die youngest, and looking at the figures from england and wales and comparing those, how much the differences between the most and least deprived areas. And we know that already, but it is harder with covid. Bringing in those statistics we can see the relationship is even steeper, and you can see the most deprived areas, their death rate is more than 100, compared to the least deprived areas. Hard to tease apart why this might be. We know a lot of deprived areas are in cities and epidemic grew fastest, hardest and earliest in london, in glasgow, in cardiff and wales, but it is also notjust your chance of getting infected which is highest in cities, but also your chance of dying once you are infected. Covid hits the vulnerable the hardest, the elderly, the sick, ethnic minorities, and the poorest. What is the latest on infection rates . What is the latest on infection rates . The good news is more positive. We can look at the survey that office for National Statistics have been conducting every week now for the last six weeks or so, and we can see the figures. The far left show the figures just before we eased out of lockdown and they estimate in the community, and by community i not in care homes or hospitals, about 150,000 community i not in care homes or hospitals, about 150 , 000 People Community i not in care homes or hospitals, about 150,000 people in england had coronavirus, plus or minusa england had coronavirus, plus or minus a bit, and we see that number has consisted the come down even as we have these out of lockdown. So the trends are going in the right direction. They continue to come down, but going back to the first set of figures, that r number, they are going down but maybe there is not that much room between where we are now and im starting to turn back up again. So good news, but not there yet. Thank you, robert cuffe, ahead of statistics. Our head of statistics. Relatives of a50 people whove died with coronavirus are demanding an immediate Public Inquiry into how the government managed parts of the pandemic. The families say an urgent review could help prevent more deaths. But ministers insist the priority at the moment is responding to the crisis. 0ur correspondent Michael Buchanan has been to meet the family of tony brown, who died in march. Tony brown became ill in mid march. Dad was very, very nearly retired. He was 65 years old. The father of two had a dry cough and a temperature, which nhs111 told him to treat with paracetamol. And at that time, what we were hearing was constantly this stay at home message, stay at home, protect the nhs. Tony woke up one morning with chest pains. An ambulance was called. Moments after he got to hospital he had a cardiac arrest. And after 11 attempts to resuscitate him, he passed away. He tested positive for coronavirus after his death. When you have gotten ill, when is the appropriate time to go to hospital . It wasnt clear no one knew that. We were trying to wait it out, everyone was trying to wait it out and he was trying to wait it out. And if you wait too long, it turns out it kills you really quickly. The group covid 19 bereaved families forjustice say an immediate Public Inquiry will prevent more deaths. They say decisions on everything from easing the lockdown to a possible second spike will be improved if they are exposed to external scrutiny, as people will understand how conclusions are reached. One of the real problems is that the government has lost the trust of the public, and what that means is people arent really following the lockdown rules, even if they understand them. And what that means is more transmission and more deaths that can be avoided. Good evening. At the downing street podium each evening, ministers have been reluctant to admit any mistakes, but their advisers are reconsidering events. On wednesday, a leading scientist told mps that with hindsight many lives could have been saved. Had we introduced lockdown measures a week earlier, we would have reduced the final death toll by at least a half. Its so brutally, gut wrenchingly painful to hear that, essentially, you were right, that your. That an earlier lockdown wouldve stopped so many people dying. It may well have stopped my dad from dying and, if anything, itjust makes it feel more pointless. Like, inaction was the reason that my dad died. Ministers say that at the moment theirfocus is on responding to the crisis. The families argue that that should be possible while also learning lessons. Michael buchanan, bbc news. Now, it is usually its one of the biggest events in the royal calendar, but this year the celebration of the queens official birthday will look very different. Instead of trooping the colour there will be a much smaller ceremony held in the grounds of windsor castle. As our royal correspondent Sarah Campbell discovered, most of the horses who would have been involved have spent lockdown enjoying the leicestershire countryside, and are only now retraining for their return to ceremonial duties. Preparing to get back on parade. For the equine stars of trooping the colour, training is under way once again. When the horses come back from grass, its a bit like theyve been sat on the beach for a few months eating lots of pizza theyre generally a lot fatter. Trooping the colour is an important fixture in the regiment calendar. Its the epitome of precision, pomp and pageantry in front of huge crowds. The horses love it. They love their work, they love the attention they get as well from it all. So youll all miss it this year . Yeah everyone is going to be upset this year. Tomorrow therell be none of this, no royal ramily photo opportunity on the palace balcony and no 41 gun salute. Guns fire for the last few months, most of the kings troop 140 horses have been enjoying the quiet life in the leicestershire countryside. The decision has now been taken to get them back to the barracks. One of the first to return is 10 year old equinox. And, in common with many of us, he needs a haircut. We take their manes off for safety reasons, because when theyre in harness it could all get detached units like the kings troop, royal horse artillery exist to take the lead in big ceremonial and state occasions. All of which have been cancelled since march due to coronavirus. In normal times, trooping the colour would be one of the high points of the year. We march past her majesty the queen first. Out of all the mounted regiments, who is our captain general, so its a huge honour, the opportunity to present not only our own guns but also the guns of the entire royal regiment of artillery not only to her majesty is a great privilege. A great privilege which new recruits like emma will miss out on this year at least. She has spent lockdown on site, looking after the small number of horses whove been stabled here throughout. Im looking forward to going to the parades and just getting out there in front of the public eye. I think its really important to show off what we can do, and i want to be a part of that. Here at the barracks, they are champing at the bit to get back out on parade with humans and horses ready to resume their official duties as soon as its deemed safe to do so. Sarah campbell, bbc news, woolwich barracks. Wright, the latest downing street Coronavirus Briefing will be getting under in two are three minutes time right. Lets go to westminster and talk to our Political Correspondent helen catt. It will be the transport secretary today and also the chair of network rail. Can we read anything into that . From monday we are going to see some changes. From monday it will be compulsory to wear Face Coverings on public transport for example, and it is also from monday we will expect to see a lot more people moving about again on things like public transport because in england nonessential shops can reopen from monday so i expect what we might hear from reopen from monday so i expect what we might hearfrom grant shapps and the head of network rail is the more reminders about how the rail system is being set up to cope with that and how to deal with social distancing around that when you are going to have a lot more people going to have a lot more people going back to work. If you remember back to mid may, grant shapps was saying it was everyones civic duty to avoid public transport if they could, to walk, cycle or drive to their places of work when they started that very first phase of trying to reopen the economy a bit, so trying to reopen the economy a bit, so it will be interesting to see if thatis so it will be interesting to see if that is still the advice he gives later or if that changes. Todays coronavirus breathing against the backdrop of these dire economic figures, so they will probably be some discussion of that. Yes, that 20 contraction of the economy in april, the biggest fall on record, so april, the biggest fall on record, so that will be the background to this entire briefing today and these attem pts this entire briefing today and these atte m pts to this entire briefing today and these attempts to start getting the economy restarted. Analysts do think, of course, that is likely to be the worst month because it was the month we were all fully in lockdown. From may, we started to see some things reopen, and injune we are of course starting to see more and more things starting to reopen as the lockdown gradually eases, but that will be the big background to this. I think we might hear some questions about that two metres social distancing rule as well. It doesnt look like any immediate changes on the cards for that, borisjohnson still saying it is the right thing to do at the moment, but we have heard scientists suggesting there are ways. 0k, helen, thank you, but we are going to the downing street briefing right now, led by transport secretary grant shapps. Im joined now, led by transport secretary grant shapps. Imjoined by now, led by transport secretary grant shapps. Im joined by Stephen Powis, National Medical director of nhs england and so peter hendy, chair of network rail and directing the restart of the transport system. Let me begin by updating you on the latest information from the government. 0n the first slide here we can see the latest information on infections, results from the 0ns infections, results from the 0ns Infection Survey published this morning estimate that the number of people who tested positive for coronavirus in england fell from 152,000 between the 27th of april and the 10th of may down to 33,000 between the 25th of may and the 7th ofjune. This is encouraging progress that suggests around one in 1700 people in the community had coronavirus during the latest period of the survey. Sage has also confirmed today that their estimate of the r rate for the uk is unchanged on last week at 0. 7 0. 9. We wa nt unchanged on last week at 0. 7 0. 9. We want to keep the r rate number below one. The r is the average number of additional people infected by each infected person. The second slide shows the confirmed cases with a test, 6,000,430 tests for coronavirus have now been carried out, or posted out in the uk. This includes 193,253 tests carried out, or posted out yesterday. 292,950 people have tested positive. 6,434,713 an people have tested positive. 6,434,713 an increase of 1541 cases since yesterday. The graph shows the steadily falling number of identified cases on a seven day rolling average despite the increase in testing. The third slide show is the latest data from hospitals. 535 people were admitted to hospital with coronavirus in england, wales and Northern Ireland on the 9th of june, down from 722 that we curly and down from a peak of 3432 on the 1st of april. 392 coronavirus patients are currently in mechanical ventilation beds in the uk, down from 571 a week ago and down from the peak of 3301 on the 12th of april. The fourth slide shows what is happening in hospitals across the country. There are now 5607 people in hospital with coronavirus in the uk, down 20 from 7036 a week ago and down from the peak of 20,697 on the 12th of april. As the graphs show, while there is some variation, most nations and regions in the uk are broadly following a similar pattern. The fifth slide shows the daily figures for those who have sadly lost their lives after testing positive for coronavirus. Across all settings, the total number of deaths now stands at 41,481. Thats an increase of 202 fatalities since yesterday. When measured by a seven day rolling average, the daily number of deaths currently stands at 174, down from a peak of 943 on the 14th of april. Although the number of deaths is now firmly down, our deepest sympathies go out to all those who have lost loved ones. Transport is instrumental to our recovery to connect people with jobs, to help level up britain, and even to make us a healthier and more active nation. But as people start to travel, transport also presents one of our biggest challenges, how we protect passengers can prevent the spread of virus, even as we become more mobile. Transport use may be the first occasion since the onset of covid we have shared confined spaces with others, so it is critical that we all take a vigilant and cautious approach over the next few weeks. Im just going to say this. If you can work from home, you should continue to do so. If you cannot work from home, you should try to avoid public transport. If you must use public transport, you should travel at quieter times of day, and if you are an employer, you should do everything in your power to prevent staff from travelling unless its absolutely vital, and please do allow staff to travel at quieter times. Now, from monday it becomes mandatory in england to wear a Face Covering on public transport. That includes trains, buses, trams, ferries and planes. A Face Covering does not mean a surgical mask. Face coverings can be made at home, you can find guidance to do so on gov. Uk. As we move to recovery, it is more important than ever to protect each other, preventing those showing no symptoms from infecting others. I know there is huge public support for compulsory Face Coverings. They show respect for our fellow travellers. But for clarity, transport operators will be able to refuse permission to travel where someone refuse permission to travel where someone isnt using a Face Covering. This weekend, im taking powers through the Public Health act leading to fines for noncompliance too. We will take a gentle approach too. We will take a gentle approach to enforcement during the first couple of days. And help will be at hand. In addition to the british transport police, the staff from network rail, from tfl, transport for london, and transport operators, in the coming weeks we will also deploy journey makers in the coming weeks we will also deployjourney makers to assist and remind commuters of the need to wear Face Coverings. Plus the safe transport campaign will provide plenty of reminders at bus stops, rail stations and social media. Remembering yourface rail stations and social media. Remembering your Face Covering should be the same as picking up your phone, your wallet, or your purse whenever you are leaving the house. Please read the guidance, ensure you have a Face Covering and protect your fellow commuters. This crisis has tested our nation, yet through adversity comes possibility. A greener transport future within our a greener transport future within s. A greener transport future within our grasp. For example, through the £2 billion investment in the cycling and walking programme. The challenge, though, is to make transport currently our biggest emitter of Greenhouse Gases part of the solution, not of the problem. If you take the aviation sector, for example, which has had an impossible few months, yet despite these obvious challenges there is a real determination within the industry to have a greener restart. So we are bringing together leaders from aviation, environmental groups and government to form the jet zero council, a group charged with making net zero emissions possible for future flights. 0ur net zero emissions possible for future flights. Our goal, within a generation, will be to demonstrate flight generation, will be to demonstrate flight across the atlantic without harming the environment. And today we are backing a company who are building a plant for aviation biofuels in lincolnshire. Im also excited about the Cambridge University and whittle labs project to accelerate technologies for zero carbon flight. The shared experience of fighting coronavirus has changed us of fighting coronavirus has changed us in many different ways. Although it has forced us apart, it is also brought us together. Although it has tested us, it has also shown us at our very best and although it has made us reflect on the past, it has focused us on those plans for the future. But now, as we become more mobile, we must not forget this insidious virus is still a threat. That not only means avoiding public transport if you can. It also means from monday wearing a Face Covering on public transport, avoiding gatherings of more than six people, including to protest. I understand that people want to show their passion for issues that they care deeply about and we must never be complacent about stamping out racism and discrimination in this country. But please, for the sake of your health, and that of your friends and families, dont attend mass gatherings. We have come a long way as we move towards recovery and lets protect lives as well as livelihoods. Thank you very much. Im going to turn to david from sunderland, a member of the public, who has the first question. Thank you for taking this question. Its likely that some businesses will not survive this pandemic, and therefore, unemployment will rise. What specific plans do the government have to create jobs . Thank you. David, thank you very much for that question. You are absolutely right. We have seen the scale of the challenge and we have seen scale of the challenge and we have seen the new statistics out today and recognise in common with the rest of the world we have an enormous battle on our hands, not only with the coronavirus recovery but also recovering the economy. And during this entire pandemic what we have tried to do is to put our arms around the british people to make sure that we have those schemes, including the furlough scheme, the business loans, grants to Hospitality Industry and very much more besides to try to ensure that jobs can be protected against what we hope will be a temporary, but albeit very severe, we understand, jolt to the economy. So in terms of your question, david, we absolutely wa nt to your question, david, we absolutely want to make sure that first of all jobs are not lost where the businesses are just experiencing downturns because they have been closed these last few weeks and months. And secondly, to have a really proactive stance towards getting this economy going again when it is safe to do so, and it absolutely has to be stressed that the safety is the most important pa rt the safety is the most important part of this. People have not given up part of this. People have not given up weeks and months at home, sacrificed so much in orderfor us to throw that away with a second spike. But, yeah, we will absolutely be coming forward with plans, making sure that we are protecting jobs, as we have been doing throughout this, and making sure people get back into employment. Simon from dorset has the next question which i think is a written question. He says we hear a lot about Antibody Testing which will tell us if we have been exposed to the virus. What work is being done to establish if antibodies mean less risk of infection, or possible immunity . I think i can probably do no better on this than to turn to professor Stephen Powis. Thank you, secretary of state and thank you, for the question. A lot of work is being done on whether the developers of antibodies after an infection is a marker of immunity. So, afterany infection, particularly virus infections, the body will generate these antibodies that act to ensure that the virus is controlled in the first infection, but more importantly, in any subsequent exposure to the virus, ensure that either the virus does not take hold in the individual, or perhaps that the disease is a lot milder the second time round. I should say that antibodies are not the only way that the bodys immune system works. There are other mechanisms for combating viruses and there is a whole host of science around cellular immunity, so how cells response, notjust cellular immunity, so how cells response, not just antibodies which are proteins. But the important question here is we can measure antibodies and indeed we are now measuring antibodies, so we are getting a sense of how many people have developed antibodies in response to the virus, and a key question is, does that antibody response, does that positive test mean that there is immunity in the future . It will only be time and studies over time that tell us the answers to that question but those studies are under way. For example, in the Health Service in the nhs Public Health england have launched a study called siren, which is recruiting Health Care Staff who may have been exposed to the virus into a study that will follow them over time to see firstly if they develop the virus again by the swab testing, and secondly, how that correlates, how that is associated with antibody levels and the positive Antibody Test that may have been developed. We have been encouraging as many staff as possible throughout our nhs organisations tojoin staff as possible throughout our nhs organisations to join in that study. So, short answer, we will only know in time but we are certainly working on that here in the uk and it is also being worked on internationally. Stephen, thank you very much, and simon, thank you for your question. I will turn now to catherine from the bbc. 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