Boris Johnson leads the UK daily coronavirus briefing | There will be many job losses | 3 June 2020

@9:37 Prof Vallance and slides

Boris Johnson says the UK is seeing continuing falls in deaths and "that is why we have been able to take cautious steps".

"We want to take more steps to unlock our society," he says but urges people to follow "basic rules".

"Wash your hands, self-isolate, take a test and observe social distancing.

"We are beating this disease - and we will beat it if everyone works together."



Summary

UK PM Boris Johnson gave the government daily briefing
He urged people to come forward for tests and not to move social gatherings indoors
The PM said "air bridges" will be considered between countries with low transmission rates
It comes as UK Home Secretary Priti Patel confirmed new quarantine measures on international travellers from 8 June
Under the measures, foreign arrivals would be required to self-isolate for 14 days
Italy is also lifting restrictions on domestic travel, allowing people to move between regions
And travellers from most European countries will be allowed into Italy from Wednesday, with no quarantine
Globally, there have been almost 6.4m confirmed cases and 379,000 deaths

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