Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to ease lockdown restrictions further in just ten days time, insisting the UK will have a "world-beating" tracing system in place from June.
Mr Johnson said he has "great confidence" that by June 1 there will be a testing and tracing system in place which will help move the country forward as it continues to deal with the coronavirus crisis.
Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions he said: "We have growing confidence that we will have a test, track and trace operation that will be world-beating and yes, it will be in place by June 1." The Government's scientific advisers insist the system – which would allow experts to track the spread of Covid-19 much more accurately – must be in place before any more