THERE has been one further death recorded in the North East and Yorkshire.

Latest figures published on Thursday afternoon confirmed there had been one further death in Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust recorded in the region.

The total death recorded s`tands at 1,731.

  • At the governments daily coronavirus briefing, Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Britons to 'enjoy summer safely', but warned 'we are not out of the woods yet."
  • The Prime Minister also urged the nation to support local businesses as the UK comes out of lockdown.
  • In the Downing Street press briefing, he said: "They are our local restaurants, hairdressers, libraries, museums, cinemas and yes, pubs - they are our hotels, B&Bs, indeed much of our tourism industry.
  • "All these businesses and their workers have put in an heroic effort to prepare their venues for this reopening to work out a way to trade that keeps their customers safe."
  • "But the success of these businesses and the livelihoods of those who rely on them and ultimately the economic health of the whole country is dependant on every single one of us acting responsibly."
  • It was confirmed at the briefing that the country would only quarantine arrivals from those countries where the virus is not yet under control.
  • Mr Johnson also warned that local outbreaks, which require action such as Leicester, "will be a feature of our lives for some time to come.
  • Speaking at the Downing Street press briefing, he said: "The virus is still with us and the spike in Leicester has shown that - if it starts running out of control again this Government will not hesitate in putting on the brakes and reimposing restrictions."
  • The Prime Minister also confirmed that the government will next week release a timetable for the reopening of nail bars, gyms and swimming pools amongst others.
  • "Though of course I can only lift those remaining, national restrictions as and when it is safe to do some," he said.
  • On testing Mr Johnson said: "We now have substantial testing capacity nationwide and we have the ability to target that capacity at local areas in order to get a grip on emerging outbreaks."
  • He said scaled-up testing and contact tracing can control the virus and avoid more stringent measures.
  • Mr Johnson said if the virus spread the activities will be restricted "at particular locations" with "individual premises" made to close.
  • He said if areas become hotspots for the virus, people who have spent time in those places will be tested and their contacts will be traced if they test positive.
  • Local lockdown, it was confirmed, will be implemented if the previous measures do not stop the spread of the virus.
  • "Local lockdown will be carefully calibrated depending on the scientific circumstances of each outbreak," he said.
  • On easing the lockdown, chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said: "Either side of the path that we are on there are risks.
  • "And we are going to have health problems, and economic problems, for sure.
  • "So, what we are trying to do is walk this narrow path. There is no perfect time, there is no perfect, exact way of doing it.
  • "What this is is an attempt to balance, as best we can, in a way that makes it possible for society to be as close as possible to normal, whilst living alongside this virus - which we will have to continue to do.
  • "This virus is a long way from gone. But, it is not going to be gone for a very, very long time."