UK coronavirus live: Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance questioned by MPs over England lockdown

Latest updates: Whitty says doing nothing would lead to emergency care shortages; SNP fury at lack of firm commitment on furlough England lockdown will end on 2 December, Johnson insistsSharma faces safety questions as staff member tests positive£45m deal for NHS masks collapses amid fraud claimsMinisters add to confusion over England lockdown rulesGlobal coronavirus updates - live 2.58pm GMT Q: What impact will the tier 2 and tier 3 restrictions have?Whitty says he is confident tier 2 will have an effect, and tier 3 a bigger effect. 2.50pm GMT Clark asks why the projections did not take into account the impact of the restrictions introduced on 9 October.Vallance says they did - at least as far as those restrictions had already had an impact on the data. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/nov/03/uk-coronavirus-live-boris-johnson-snp-scotland-furlough-lockdown-covid-latest-updates #coronavirus #politics #uk_news #science #chris_whitty #patrick_vallance #scotland #scottish_politics #london #religion