By Matthew Weaver (now) and Archie Bland (earlier)
PM unveils £3bn of funding for NHS in England, along with ‘biggest ever’ flu vaccination programme and new powers to impose local lockdowns
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- Oxford vaccine team aim to start lab-controlled human trial soon
- Global coronavirus updates – live
11.34am BST
Q: How many civil servants should return to work?
Johnson said;
I think there’s a balance and we’ve learned huge lessons throughout this crisis about the potential of technology, but I think there are also limits. Sometimes there is no substitute for face to face meetings and interactions so that’s what many many employers will be starting to say from the first of August, there is balance to be struck.
11.30am BST
Q: Vallance said there is no need to change the stay at home advice, so why change it?
if the pace of work is Covid secure then in our view it is safe. Whether they need go into work is not something that the government can decide. But in the end, human interaction, face to face conversations are important.
Category: Coronavirus outbreak, Infectious diseases, Science, UK news, Boris Johnson, NHS
