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UK coronavirus live: Britain comes together to clap for carers on Covid frontline
UK coronavirus live: Britain comes together to clap for carers on Covid frontline
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Government misses 100k testing target for fifth day in a row as death toll reaches 30,615
Government misses 100k testing target for fifth day in a row as death toll reaches 30,615
Police forces across the country have paid tribute to NHS and key workers.
The prime minister, who is expected to announce the next phase of easing some lockdown measures on Sunday, stood outside Number Ten to take part in the applause.
Staff and commuters at Euston station in London stop in their tracks to take part in the applause.
Shadow chancellor Annaliese Dodds tweets her thanks.
Birmingham Children’s Hospital with a shout out to those who participated in the nationwide applause.
RAF Cosford in Shropshire has tweeted its thanks to NHS and key workers.
Officers from Leicester City Police show their appreciation.
The Premier League says thank you to NHS workers, social care workers and health workers across the world.
Astronaut Tim Peake has tweeted this tribute.
The ritual applause, banging of kitchen utensils and the occasional firework is now in its seventh week as part of the Clap for Carers initiative.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon took part in the weekly applause outside her front door.
Thousands of people across the UK are preparing to unite again at 8pm to applaud NHS and key workers in the fight against coronavirus.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer on the seventh week of Clap for Our Carers.
Downing Street said the prime minister emphasised his commitment to collaborative working with the devolved governments in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Stormont and also insisted he had no intention of risking a fresh upsurge in Covid-19 infections by relaxing the lockdown too far or too soon.
Warwickshire Police with some striking artwork to pay homage to NHS and key workers.
However, No 10 confirmed Boris Johnson was happy for the lockdown to be relaxed at different paces in different parts of the UK, after Nicola Sturgeon and the Welsh government said separately they would ease the lockdown at the best pace for their nations. A spokeswoman said:
The AA building in Newcastle is turned blue.
Boris Johnson will announce “modest, small, incremental and very carefully monitored” changes to the lockdown at 7pm on Sunday, Dominic Raab said. The government moved to manage expectations about how far restrictions would be loosened next week, stressing it would exercise “maximum caution” with easing any measures. There is rising tension between the UK and devolved governments, with the prime minister yet to share details of his lockdown plan with the first ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, prompting devolved leaders to make pre-emptive announcements of their own (more below). The government also, unusually, did not formally extend the lockdown as required by law today.
Black men and women are four times more likely to die after contracting Covid-19 than white people, research from the ONS revealed. After taking into account age, measures of self-reported health and disability and other socio-demographic characteristics, black people were still 1.9 times more likely to die with coronavirus than their white counterparts. People of Bangladeshi and Pakistani, Indian, and mixed ethnicities are also significantly more likely to die. Social factors including living in overcrowded, multifamily or intergenerational households, relative deprivation, and working in public-facing occupations may help explain why this is the case for BAME people, but there is much to still be explained, the ONS report said.
Unemployment could double and the economy could shrink by 14% as the coronavirus causes the deepest recession in modern history, the Bank of England forecast. In a warning over the mounting damage to the economy since the onset of the pandemic and the lockdown measures to contain it, the Bank said GDP could plunge by 25% in the second quarter. It could take a year for the economy to return to normal and there were risks of long-term damage, it added.
Scotland’s strict lockdown regulations “must be extended” but Nicola Sturgeon will consider allowing outdoor exercise more than once a day if the scientific evidence permits, the Scottish government said. The first minister said she saw no case for relaxing the lockdown because the transmission rate was still too high.
The Welsh government said schools in Wales would not reopen on 1 June, regardless of what happens in England.
Airports owned by MAG are to require passengers to cover faces and wear gloves and temperature screening trials are to begin in the coming weeks. The firm, which owns Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports, said people needed to be able to travel safely when the time is right. It followed a similar announcement from Heathrow yesterday.
That’s it from us on the UK side. If you would like to continue following the Guardian’s coronavirus coverage, head over to the global live blog for the worldwide picture.
