There are "no gaps in Government" despite Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock battling coronavirus from self-isolation, Business Secretary Alok Sharma has said.
Speaking at the daily Covid-19 news briefing on Saturday, Mr Sharma said the Prime Minister is still "leading the response from the front" - albeit behind closed doors in Downing Street - after testing positive.
Meanwhile, the NHS is working "incredibly hard" to increase its critical care capacity as deaths continue to soar, the national medical director of NHS England Professor Stephen Powis said.
Britain’s coronavirus death toll jumped to 1,019 on Saturday, an increase of 260 - by far the biggest daily rise since the outbreak began.
