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Evening Standard
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Harriet Brewis

UK coronavirus LIVE: Death toll rises by 154 as Boris Johnson accused of 'dodgy answers' at PMQs

The Prime Minister was accused of "dodging the question or giving dodgy answers" as he faced tough questions in the Commons this lunchtime.

The day after he declared the "winding down of “our great national hibernation", Boris Johnson was grilled by Sir Keir Starmer on the UK's contact tracing app and the enforcement of local lockdowns, amid warnings from scientists at the potential for a second coronavirus wave.

Health chiefs have called for contingency planning, as they point to the “real risk” of a renewed outbreak in the winter, while former Chief Scientific Advisor Sir David King likened the July 4 easing of lockdown to "travelling in the dark".

In other developments, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced Scotland's own staggered reopening of beer gardens and shops beginning on July 6, and the number of deaths in the UK rose by 154.

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