Boris Johnson’s government has been holding daily news conferences outlining the latest steps being taken in the battle against coronavirus.
The daily briefings in Downing Street have been running since March 16.
While journalists initially attended in person, they are now dialling in via video link to put their questions to ministers and professors.
The briefings aim to advise the public on “on how to protect themselves”, as well as announcing latest measures to help people, whether medical or financial. Number 10 has said they will continue “as long as necessary”.
What time is the coronavirus daily briefing and how can I watch it?
The government has said that the daily briefings will take place between 4pm and 6pm. A government spokesperson has said they would like to “see the briefings held at a consistent time”.
Today’s briefing (April 3) is expected to be at around 5pm.
You can watch the daily briefings live on the Mirror Politics Facebook page.
The briefings are also shown live on BBC1, BBC News and Sky News as well as other news channels’ Facebook and YouTube pages.
Who will host the coronavirus daily update?
Most have been led by the Prime Minister, often appearing alongside the government’s Chief Medical Adviser, Chris Whitty, and Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallence.
However Mr Johnson and Mr Whitty have both in isolation since last week after testing positive for Covid-19.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has also fronted some of the press conferences.
In recent days Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, Business Secretary Alok Sharma and Michael Gove, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, have also replaced the Prime Minister.
No announcement has yet been made about who will front today's briefing.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Jenny Harries has often appeared in place of Mr Whitty.
Coronavirus updates
The Queen is to make a televised address on Sunday amid the coronavirus pandemic. It will be just the fourth time she has made such an address in her 68-year reign.
The announcement of Her Majesty's appearance came just as it was confirmed that the UK's death toll has risen to 3,605 with another 684 people had died as a result of the virus.
Earlier on Friday Health Secretary Matt Hancock - who has just recovered from Covid-19 himself - helped open the first of a series of new NHS Nightingale hospitals. The 4,000-bed hospital at London's ExCel centre is expected to be followed by four more around the country.
A 36-year-old nurse on the frontline of the coronavirus battle has died, two weeks after testing positive.
Mum-of-three Areema Nasreen had been on a ventilator at Walsall Manor Hospital after developing a temperature, body aches and a cough.
Areema, who had worked for the NHS for more than 16 years, is the youngest NHS worker to die from coronavirus so far during the outbreak.
What happened yesterday?
Yesterday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced a new target for 100,000 coronavirus tests a day by the end of April.
However, that 100,000-a-day target includes both antigen tests - which show if you currently have Covid-19 - and antibody tests - which show if you had it in the past. The previous target of 25,000 was just antigen tests, the ones most in demand right now.
He said several tests pitched to the Government have failed checks and also announced that £13.4billion of debt at NHS trusts across the country is being written off.
In the wake of four Premier League clubs furloughing non-playing staff, Mr Hanock also told top-flight footballers to take pay cuts.
“Given the sacrifices that many people are making - including some of my colleagues in the NHS, who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice of going into work and have caught the disease and have sadly died - I think the first thing Premier League footballers can do is make a contribution, take a pay cut and play your part," he told them.
