Boris Johnson will give a coronavirus press conference tomorrow, flanked by the Government's top scientists. Amid confusion around new rules for millions of people in the North-East of England, the Prime Minister is expected to give an update on the Government's response on Wednesday.
He will be accompanied by the Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance and the Chief Medical Officer Professor Christ Whitty, No10 has confirmed.
The news conference will be focused on the latest numbers, rather than an announcement of new lockdown measures. The PM's official spokesman said: "The purpose of that is to provide an update on the latest statistics. "It is not because there is some specific set of new announcements to make." Members of the