UK coronavirus live: Boris Johnson suggests social distancing will change after alert level cut

News updates: Prime minister says changes likely as result of lower transmission rate; Johnson also says ‘watch this space’ over reducing 2 metre distancing in schoolsCoronavirus alert level cut from 4 to 3Black men three times more likely to die of Covid-19 than white menSouth Asians in Britain more likely to die in hospital, study findsCoronavirus global updatesAll our coronavirus coverage 2.50pm BST The former Labour education secretary, Ed Balls, has said the UK government needs to get children in England back into school and blames the delay, in part, on problems with the track and trace system.Speaking to the BBC’s World at One, Balls said it is “very hard to persuade parents that children are safe…unless you get the track and trace system really working, build the confidence…” My advice to the secretary of state is this is time for some leadership… Too many head teachers and teachers at the moment are not feeling that they understand the plan going forward.The divides are going to grow…there’s only so much you can do with remote learning. We need to get our children back into school. 2.49pm BST NHS England said a further 46 people in hospitals have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in that setting in England to 28, 221. Continue reading…
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