Coronavirus: Business Secretary Alok Sharma leads government's daily COVID-19 briefing

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Watch live: Business Secretary Alok Sharma leads government's daily COVID19 briefing

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The business secretary neglects the opportunity to make a commitment to publishing the advice on the rule.Mr Sharma is asked about the two-metre rule for social distancing and whether it could be reduced to one metre, as it is in some other countries."We keep these matters under review," he adds.Mr Sharma is now taking questions from members of the public.

"We will work shoulder to shoulder with our businesses as we get ready for our economic fightback," says the business secretary.The business secretary says the country continues to meet the five tests for lifting lockdown figures, while the R rate of infection remains below one. "But we continue to follow the road map which set out our ambition to reopen these sectors from July 4 at the earliest."He is joined by Sarah Albon, the chief executive of the Health and Safety Executive .

New figures show around half of primary schools in England reopened to more children last week, as the government scrapped plans for all pupils to return before the summer holidays.

 

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Very poor. AlokSharma_RDG Had no answers to very important questions(his words). Why have someone who has no answers at these very important briefings.

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