Grant Shapps
Transport secretary says England will enforce the new rule on trains and buses to try and reduce the spread of coronavirus.
Transport secretary Grant Shapps chairs the daily Downing Street press briefing alongside chairman of Network Rail Sir Peter Hendy. It comes as the UK coronavirus death toll nears 40,000.
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As government urges people to avoid public transport where possible, transport secretary Grant Shapps leads the daily press briefing. He is expected to be joined by deputy chief scientific adviser Jonathan Van-Tam.
Transport secretary insisted the government is taking a "common sense" approach.
Grant Shapps holds the daily briefing to update on the coronavirus outbreak in the United Kingdom.
But Grant Shapps says do not "look at the raw data and jump to conclusions" in early stages of Covid-19 crisis.
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