A passenger on an Aer Lingus flight from Belfast to Heathrow has shared photos showing most passengers sitting close together.

"There was no social distancing, there was no sanitiser," according to Sean Mallon. "There was no change from two or three months ago. As soon as we went through security we were left to our own devices with people sitting anywhere and everywhere.

"I went to take a photo with the amount of people on the plane because it was full and one of the stewardesses tried to stop me taking photos."

Aer Lingus has said it is reviewing procedures on its Belfast to London flights, following the claim it was not observing social distancing measures.

Today's government press conference was led by Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who was joined by Angela McLean, the deputy chief medical officer.

Here's what they told us:

• Criminal gangs, which are often linked to other state actors, have been attacking the cyber infrastructure of national and international organisations working against coronavirus. The government has issued advice on tackling these threats, as well as working to debunk misinformation
• The government is troubled by an increase in people using their cars and other vehicles
• There is strong evidence that being obese increases the chance of being seriously ill and needing intensive care treatment
• Just under 89,000 tests were carried out on Monday, meaning the government missed its 100,000 target

The England men’s national football team have made a “significant donation” to the NHS, using match fees going back to September 2018.

It comes from a fund already in place for worthy causes.

The money will go to NHS Charities Together through the #PlayersTogether movement involving Premier League footballers.

The FA has not said how much the donation is or how much players get in match fees.

North of the border, Scotland’s men's and women's teams have also made a “substantial” NHS donation.

Nick Triggle
Health Correspondent

This is a sobering moment.

Italy was the first part of Europe to see cases rise rapidly and the scenes of hospitals being overwhelmed were met with shock and disbelief.

But we should be careful how we interpret the figures.

On the face of it both countries now count deaths in a similar way, including both in hospitals and the community. But there are other factors to consider.

First the UK has a slightly larger population. If you count cases per head of population, Italy still comes out worse - although only just.

Cases are confirmed by tests - and the amount of testing carried out varies.

The geographical spread looks quite different too - half of the deaths in Italy have happened in Lombardy.

In the UK, by comparison, they have been much more spread out.

Less than a fifth have happened in London, which has a similar population to Lombardy.

Then, how do you factor in the indirect impact from things such as people not getting care for other conditions?

The fairest way to judge the impact in terms of fatalities is to look at excess mortality - the numbers dying above what would normally happen.

You need to do this over time. It will be months, perhaps even years, before we can really say who has the highest death toll.

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Tuesday's briefing comes to an end with a question from Will Hayward from the Western Mail and Wales Online.

He asks if ministers feel they could have been clearer in these press conferences about which measures apply to England and which apply to the devolved nations.

"We have had good cooperation with the devolved administrations," replies Dominic Raab.

He adds data on compliance with social distance measures has been "remarkably consistent" across the nations.

"We have been pretty much in lock step all the way," says the foreign secretary.

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The Mirror asks about sport starting again in the UK and whether we could see football games back in June.

Raab replies: "I think it would lift the spirit of the nation."

He says the government "has had constructive meetings with sports bodies" for athletes to resume training when safe to do so.

He says the culture secretary is looking at plans to hold sports behind closed doors.

But they can only do it when the scientific advice says it is safe.

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Earlier on in the briefing, Dominic Raab said the number of coronavirus tests provided across the UK on Monday was 84,806.

The total falls short of the health secretary's 100,000 target.

Matt Hancock set the aim of reaching the total by the end of April, and it was hit on Thursday, when 122,000 tests were delivered. The figure includes home test kits counted when they were dispatched, which may not yet have been processed.

Buit it has not passed the 100,000 mark since 1 May.

Some 194,990 people have tested positive for coronavirus, an increase of 4,406 from 24 hours earlier, Dominic Raab said today.

Read more about the government's testing plans here.

Reality Check

As we reported earlier, Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser Angela McLean has said that the use of cars appeared to be “creeping up again.”

Whilst car usage is down by just under 60% from pre-lockdown levels, the number of people on the roads is at its highest since the lockdown rules were introduced.

Other data backs up the idea that people are leaving their houses more.

Apple’s mobility data shows that trips in cars hit its highest point since 23 March earlier this week, and similar analysis from Google says that visits to parks are just 10% lower than a pre-lockdown baseline.

ITV's Robert Peston asks if the test, track, trace app unveiled on Monday will reduce the death rate nearer to Germany and South Korea's numbers.

Dominic Raab says the government's guidance has helped reduce the number of deaths and preserve NHS capacity.

The foreign secretary says test, track and tracing will allow the UK to manage and monitor infections.

Deputy chief scientific adviser Angela McLean adds: "All of us are working really hard to find out if we can do contact tracing in a way that will find all the infections out there in the community."

"That is the strategy that has worked in South Korea," she says.

The BBC's David Shukman asks for Dominic Raab's reaction to the UK's recorded death toll - which is now the highest in Europe.

Raab calls it a "massive tragedy" but he also says it is hard to compare countries as it depends on how good they are at gathering the statistics.

"It is important but I don’t think you can make the international comparisons you are making at this stage," he says.

On the government's guidance that the public is not required to wear masks, Raab adds they are considering scientific advise on this, adding that the government “doesn’t want to give people comfort in mask” and also does not want to detract masks from frontline workers.

But he says they will shortly say more on the issue.

The briefing now moves on to questions from members of the public.

Bren from Gloucestershire asks the panel how the UK can learn from the pandemic and go on to invest and empower local communities.

Dominic Raab says they "all want to learn lessons" from the situation.

"It’s also taught us to appreciate those key workers," he says - including supermarket workers and delivery drivers.

The foreign secretary says the crisis "has been a timely reminder" about the need to "level up" the country.

On recorded deaths, Angela McLean says a rise in figures from 4 May to 5 May is "something we would expect" due to the weekend.

But she says the seven-day rolling average shows that deaths have been falling steadily since the middle of April.

She notes that in the week starting 24 April deaths in care homes were still rising.

"There is a real issue that we need to get to grips with about what is happening in care homes," she says.

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Deputy chief scientific adviser Angela McLean tells the Downing Street briefing there has been "a very marked and persistent fall" in people's use of bus, Tube and national rail.

However, she says motor use is "creeping up".

"It does does trouble me," she adds.

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Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says they are continuing to see evidence of the flattening of the peak of the virus.

But he says the next stage "won't be easy" when we go on to the next phase of adjusting to a "new normal".

He goes on to warn that there are cyber criminals trying to exploit the crisis and he says there is evidence they are targeting organisations that are trying to tackle the pandemic.

He says they are "working to make sure they [the organisations] are aware of the cyber threat" to make sure they "take steps to mitigate the harm".

Raab adds: "We are absolutely working to defeat coronavirus and those trying to exploit the situation for their own nefarious ends."

Until today, Italy had been the European country with the highest number of deaths - and the second in the world (after the US). But with 29,315 people to have lost their lives to coronavirus - compared to the UK's 29,427 - it has slipped into third place.

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A further 693 coronavirus deaths have been recorded across the UK, taking the total to 29,427, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab begins today's briefing on the coronavirus outbreak.

The UK government's daily briefing is due to start in just over five minutes.

It will be led by Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who will be joined by deputy chief scientific adviser Angela McLean.

While we wait, why not have a look at what might have been as celebrities dress up for the cancelled Met Ball event.

At least 15 children in New York City hospitals have experienced symptoms of an illness which may be associated with Covid-19, according to health officials.

The children were all admitted to hospital between 17 April and 1 May, according to an alert sent to medical providers, external by the New York City Health Department on Monday.

Several of the children have since tested positive for Covid-19.

The illness is a multi-system inflammatory syndrome, with symptoms similar to toxic shock syndrome or Kawasaki disease, the alert says.

Kawasaki disease can cause inflammation and limit blood flow to the heart. It is often treatable but can be fatal.

Doctors in the UK, Spain and Italy have already warned that increased cases of Kawasaki disease in children may be related to the coronavirus pandemic.

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A woman whose husband and daughter died within days of each other with Covid-19 has spoken of her shock.

Joanne Rennison, 52, died in a hospital in East Yorkshire in the north of England on 5 April. Seven days later, her father David Whincup, 79, died at Hull Royal Infirmary.

Margaret Whincup said she was devastated by the loss of her daughter and husband.

"I feel as if I'm a bit like a zombie. I need to be pointed in the right direction," she said.

Mrs Whincup said she was getting through with help from her other daughters and friends.

"People have been so kind. We've had flowers and cards and messages," she said.

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