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Coronavirus live news: Russia reports over 6,600 new cases; UK Labour signals support for stricter mask rules

Coronavirus live news: Russia reports over 6,600 new cases; UK Labour signals support for stricter mask rules

Coronavirus live news: Russia reports over 6,600 new cases; UK Labour signals support for stricter mask rules
Jul 12, 2020 2 mins, 11 secs

Gove said the government “should do everything we can to encourage and support people to wear facemark in enclosed spaces”, but falls short of committing to rules and regulations around the wearing of masks.

British cabinet office minister Michael Gove said that people should go back to workplaces if it was necessary to “add value” and be a part of the “productive economy”, but in some cases it may be “appropriate and convenient” and work from home.

However, he said that the “pandemic taught us that there are some roles which can be performed effectively form home and we can rethink work in certain ways”, and that the civil service is looking at enabling people to work from across the UK, rather than just the capital of London.

Frances O’Grady said she wanted people to drive up consumer demand and support businesses and services, but that the best way to do this was to increase wages.

O’Grady also said that an effective test and trace mechanism would help increase consumer confidence?

Speaking to Sky News’ Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme, Lucy Powell MP said: “We do need to get a lot more confidence back in the system and if the mandatory wearing of face masks in shops will help to do that then we absolutely support it

“The hotel is a busy stopover for many travellers, so it is very likely that there are a number of Queenslanders who have been there during this period.”

A further 130 people died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the country’s coronavirus crisis response centre said

At Imperial College London, a team working on a coronavirus vaccine have begun testing it on volunteers

Prof Robin Shattock, who leads the team, said it is hard to predict how successful the vaccine will be

He said that there is a very low risk of the vaccine not working at all, and because so many being developed means some should work

Shattock also said that success depends on how much immunity people need against the vaccine - if it is less than 50%, many vaccines being developed could be effective

Is there a chance a coronavirus vaccine might not work at all

Shattock said that the team should have the answer as to whether it works by early next year, have infrastructure to make enough for the whole of the UK, providing they can pay

“I think people underestimate the huge effort it will be to go from discovery to billions of doses,” Shattock said

Shattock also said that having a vaccine by September was “optimistic” and “low probability”, but that all bets were off

Shattock said he expected the UK would be in a cycle of easing restrictions and locking down again until a vaccine was accessible

.we could have that vaccine rolled out across the UK in the first half of next year" says @robin_shattock #Ridge pic.twitter.com/AyGPf8yHme

"We've gone from a government saying it will do whatever it takes, to Rishi Sunak saying on Wednesday he'll do whatever he can

The total marks the fourth straight day of more than 200 cases, as the Japanese capital faces a resurgence in the number of coronavirus cases after the government lifted a state of emergency

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