Coronavirus UK live: vaccine 'not likely to come to fruition this year', says Raab

Foreign secretary says speculating on how to ease lockdown is not responsible; England reports lowest increase in death toll since the end of March; Scotland deaths rise by 18, Wales deaths up by 14; Boris Johnson to return to work on MondayAttendees of Sage meetings worried by presence of CummingsOnly half of UK’s sickest coronavirus patients put on ventilatorsCoronavirus – latest global updatesCoronavirus latest: at a glanceSee all our coronavirus coverage 2.53pm BST Testing for coronavirus remains a particular problem in Wales. In general I think we in Wales are being really let down as there is no worthwhile scrutiny – the UK press are ignoring devolution differences. We have been testing the system over this week and we have been using it already with some workers to make sure it will withstand the pressure it is bound to come under, and we hope to be able to use it more extensively next week. In England, where you have seen they have used it for the last two days, the system has fallen over within a couple of hours of it being released. That is because of the demand that system came under. We want to try and make sure our system will be robust from the first day. 2.19pm BST Public Health Wales has announced that deaths in Wales have risen by 14 to 778. It also said that infections had increased by 178 to 9,078. The latest number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Wales have been updated.Data dashboard:https://t.co/RwgHDufHE7https://t.co/P6UF1MTOwcFind out how we are working with our partners to respond to the spread of the virus here: https://t.co/1Lza9meaTL pic.twitter.com/WTCDq2CpUJ Continue reading…
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