The number of new Covid-19 cases "needs to come down further", an expert has warned, as the UK death toll recorded its lowest daily rise since the end of March.
Deputy chief medical officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said there had been a "steady decline" in coronavirus-linked deaths, but that the country still needed to "get cases lower" amid fears of a second wave. Another 4,339 people were today confirmed to have tested positive for the virus.
It came as Health Secretary Matt Hancock used the daily Downing Street press briefing to outline more details of his new test, track and trace programme. The pilot is being launched on the Isle of Wight this week, with Mr Hancock insisting the app would “hunt down and isolate the virus so it is unable to reproduce”.
Meanwhile, staggered shift times, reduced hot-desking and canteen closures were revealed as being among the measures being considered by the Government to get Britons back to work, according to a draft plan.
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