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Street. The health secretary, matt hancock began by giving the latest on the uk government starategy. The government is working through our action plan which has as its core that we must protect life and protect the nhs. Both by slowing the spread of the virus so we flatten the curve, and by ensuring the nhs is always there to treat all people who need its care. According to the most recent figures, 583,496 tests for coronavirus have now been carried out in the uk, including 23,560 tests carried out yesterday. 138,078 people have tested positive for the virus, an increase of 4583 cases since y...

Jump benefit. Government borrowing could jump to its highest level in peacetime history. And one of the nurses thanked by Boris Johnson for watching over him in intensive care says. Her team was is doing itsjob. He was just another patient we were trying to do our best for, so it is just business as usual. We build up to the Coronavirus Briefing today led by Health Secretary matt hancock. First minister Nicola Sturgeon has set out her strategy for exiting the lockdown. The rest of the year and possibly beyond that. Ms sturgeon told a News Conference in edinburgh that a return to normal life wa...

The major provider of Covid-19 tests saw a dip in profits after the programme ended last June.

Diagnostics company received almost £800m worth of testing kit contracts during pandemic

The figure is among the largest annual profits ever recorded by a Northern Ireland-based business.