UK coronavirus live: Scottish government advises people to cover faces in buses, trains and some shops

Deaths rise in England, Scotland and Wales, minute’s silence held for key workers; more than 4,300 people in care homes die in two weeks; Hancock refuses to apologise to dead doctor’s sonSon of doctor who died from Covid-19 confronts Hancock‘We did what we set out to achieve’: the staff who moved into care homesCoronavirus latest: at a glanceGlobal coronavirus news – live updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage 2.55pm BST Earlier Michael Gove, the Cabinet Office minister, told MPs that Nervtag, the new and emerging respiratory virus threats advisory group, was responsible for advising the government on what should be held in its stockpile of PPE (personal protective equipment) needed for a pandemic. (See 1.44pm.)But, according to a BBC investigation for Panorama, Nervtag advised the purchase of gowns last June, and yet this recommendation was ignored. 2.44pm BST On the World at One Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter, a statistician at the University of Cambridge, has said he believes more coronavirus deaths are now occurring in care homes and at home than in hospitals. He told the programme:I think we can be very confident that our deaths in English hospitals peaked around April 8 – we had about 850 deaths and now they are down to around 400 deaths a day occurring in English hospitals – a steady but slow decline.However, we’ve now just got new data that the Care Quality Commission have been reporting on notifications from care homes about deaths from Covid. Continue reading…
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