Sign up for the latest from M.E.N. political editor Jennifer Williams Boris Johnson has warned that the UK faces a third wave of coronavirus cases this year.
Speaking at his first press conference in two weeks, the Prime Minister said we "cannot delude ourselves that Covid has gone away" while other countries face worrying surges in numbers.
Mr Johnson, who was joined at today's Downing Street briefing by Dr Nikita Kanini, medical director of primary care for NHS England, insisted the “path to freedom” remained open, with nothing in the figures to suggest a deviation from the road map out of lockdown.
He also announced the creation of a new taskforce to identify antiviral treatments, which could be prescribed by the NHS as soon as the