UK government advisers have voiced concerns the easing of lockdown measures from Monday will come too soon and could cause a spike in the spread of coronavirus.
Scientists Professor Jeremy Farrar and Professor John Edmunds, both members of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), which advises the UK government on the Covid-19, said ministers were taking risks by following their current plans.
They expressed concern at allowing the gradual reopening of shops and schools and larger gatherings to meet in private while the number of new cases each day remains "relatively high".
Mr Jeremy also said the newly-introduced NHS test-and-trace system needed to be "fully working" before measures were eased. Meanwhile, a tranche of papers