direct to your inboxThe number of coronavirus infections needs to plummet to below 50,000 before Prime Minister Boris Johnson can consider easing lockdown, an NHS boss has said.The most recent figures suggested 695,400 people in England had coronavirus in the week ending February 6.NHS Providers Chief Executive, Chris Hopson, said there was a "pretty clear view that numbers need to come down to around 50,000."He has urged the Prime Minister to focus on "data, not just dates" when he sets out his road map out of lockdown next Monday.Meanwhile, the Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the government has "ambitious targets" on testing when asked about reports a testing blitz is scheduled to begin in time for schools reopening on March 8.Mr.
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