Dominic Raab insisted there would be no let-up in the fight against coronavirus while Boris Johnson continues his own battle with the disease.
As the PM spent a second night in intensive care, “stable” and breathing on his own without a ventilator, the Foreign Secretary said the Cabinet is focused on the task in his absence.
But Chief Scientific Officer Sir Patrick Vallance warned that could mean lockdown would continue beyond the three-week review, until there were signs the peak has passed.
Although he revealed new hospital admissions “flattening off”. As the UK death toll rose 786 to 6,159 – the highest leap yet – Mr Raab warned the worst thing the country could do was “take its foot off the pedal” by lifting restrictions.
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