What you need to know about coronavirus: information and insight

Daily contact testing will be offered to more emergency service and critical workers who would otherwise need to self-isolate.

• With the pingdemic impacting businesses and the reopening of the economy, the CBI used public and private interventions to call for immediate changes to the rules around self-isolation which successfully led to the government introducing sector exemptions.
• Environment Secretary George Eustice and Health Secretary Sajid Javid outlined plans for daily contact testing for the food and drink industries.

• A record 618,903 people were told to self-isolate by the NHS COVID-19 app between 8 and 15 July.in England and Wales.
• The government has published guidance on test and trace, meaning in the small number of situations where the self-isolation of close contacts would result in serious disruption to critical services, a limited number of named workers may be able to leave self-isolation under specific controls for the purpose of undertaking critical work only.

The Vaccine Minister set out self-isolation exemptions for those in critical roles, JCVI advice on vaccination for children and upcoming rules for nightclubs.

Anyone arriving from France to England must continue to quarantine for 10 days at home or in other accommodation, even if they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland First Minister confirmed that the whole of Scotland will move to Level 0 from 19 July, before lifting most legal restrictions from 9 August. She also confirmed that wedding and funeral attendance moves from 100 to 200 and there is no requirement for people to book two-hour hospitality slots.

The Prime Minister confirmed that England will move to Step 4 of the Roadmap on Monday 19 July. Mr Johnson emphasised caution and personal responsibility and highlighted that cases continue to rise but went on to say the link with hospitalisations and deaths has weakened due to the vaccine.

The Welsh government has confirmed face coverings will continue to be mandatory in Wales.