UK coronavirus live news: Whitty and Vallance giving rare joint briefing on virus

Top UK government scientists making direct appeal to the public, warning ‘a critical point has been reached’Follow Covid rules or see UK deaths return to spring levels, Shapps warnsGlobal coronavirus live: latest news 11.01am BST Vallance starts the briefing.He describes how the virus spread, and why keeping away from people is important. 11.01am BST Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/sep/21/uk-coronavirus-news-latest-whitty-and-vallance-to-present-data-showing-how-trend-in-uk-heading-in-wrong-direction #politics #coronavirus_outbreak #health #chris_whitty #patrick_vallance #labour #science #infectious_diseases