Sign up to FREE email alerts from the Northern Agenda Matt Hancock will hold a Downing Street press conference on the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic this afternoon.
The Health Secretary will be joined by by deputy chief medical officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam and chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency Dr Jenny Harries at today's briefing.
It is due to start at 5pm. Today, the government is facing calls to clarify its position on overseas leisure travel after ministers appeared to contradict themselves.
At PMQs this afternoon, Boris Johnson sought to clarify confusion over the “amber list” of countries, including most European destinations, to which travel is allowed but not encouraged.
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