The daily Downing Street press conferences will no longer take place at weekends.
The daily briefings from the government on its response to the coronavirus outbreak have been a regular fixture since March.
But Number 10 has confirmed that the conferences will no longer take place on a Saturday or Sunday and instead just run Monday to Friday.
They have also said that Boris Johnson will lead at least one of the briefings a week, alongside scientific and medical experts while the others will likely continue to be held by other senior ministers.
The Prime Minister's official spokesman told a Westminster briefing: "From this week, the press conferences will be on weekdays only – so no longer on Saturdays and Sundays.
"The PM will take a press conference every week alongside… the scientific and medical experts.
"Others will be led by secretaries of state, alongside scientific and medical experts where relevant."
Asked why the change was being made, the spokesman said: "It is just a fact that the numbers who are viewing at weekends do tend to be significantly lower."
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