Leading the Daily press conference the Business Secretary Alok Sharma said that “It would be completely unacceptable if any banks were unfairly refusing funds to good businesses in financial difficulty.”
He added:
“Just as the taxpayer stepped in to help the banks in 2008, we will do everything we can to help the banks repay that favour and support the businesses and people of the UK in their time of need.”
Sharma revealed that the number admitted to hospital in England with symptoms 10,767, whilst 3,915 of those are in London and 1,918 in the Midlands.
Of those hospitalised in the UK, 2,352 have died. The youngest was just 13 years old.
Both Sharma and Prof Yvonne Doyle we’re bombarded with questions about the apparent slowness of the Government to increase testing on the scale of Germany.
Sharma said increasing testing capacity is the government’s top priority. We’re now at 10,000 tests a day and 390m products have now been distributed by PHE.
Doyle added capacity has increased and commitment is to go to 25,000 tests per day. There is a second front opening to test healthcare workers in order of priority.Doyle also stressed the importance of the test being accurate.
