The government stands accused of lacking clarity as face mask regulations are published less than 24 hours before coming into effect resulting in much public confusion.

Senior doctors in the UK are pleading with the public to help prevent a second wave of coronavirus that could “devastate” the NHS.

Rosamond Roughton, Director general for adult social care at DHSC, was the key contact for care home leaders and was tasked with beefing up the DHSC’s response to the pandemic.

The UK’s coronavirus death toll has risen by 137 to 44,131, according to the latest government update.

Leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg, has come out with another extraordinary explanation for the ever increasing death toll from coronavirus, suggesting that “the weather” is to blame.