➡️ Tories hold talks over PM’s future ➡️ Rules set to ease in England ➡️ WHO says pandemic not over Five things you need to know about the pandemic this morning
Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday morning. We'll have another update for you this evening.Boris Johnson will appear at the despatch box at Prime Minister's Questions later as the row over lockdown parties at No 10 continues. Thewill be well aware that a group of Tory MPs are believed to be preparing to submit letters of no confidence in him. There need to be 54 letters from Tory MPs to trigger a leadership contest.
There will be a review of the data later, which will inform a decision whether to change measures in place under Plan B - including face masks on transport and guidance to work from home where possible. They are due to expire next week. So far, the picture looks "encouraging", the government says, as cases fall. But it says any decision will be "finely balanced".The coronavirus pandemic "is nowhere near over", warns the head of the World Health Organization.
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