The UK has recorded another 56 deaths linked to Covid-19 with the number of fatalities over the past seven days 35 per cent down on the previous week.
The latest figures came after Boris Johnson joined other world leaders in calling for cross-border cooperation to protect the health of future generations and deal with future pandemics.
The Prime Minister and 23 other world leaders including French and German counterparts Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel called for a pandemic treaty in a letter printed in newspapers around the world.
It came as lockdown restrictions were eased in England, allowing groups of six people to meet up outside and outdoors sport to resume.
Mr Johnson said Britons must “remain humble in the face of nature” and still act cautiously to avoid spread of the virus. But he expressed optimism about the Government’s plans for coming out of lockdown, saying: “I don’t see anything in the data right now that would cause us to deviate from the road map.
