Environment Secretary George Eustice says only "around a third" of migrant workers normally expected for the harvest are currently in the country.

He says this means Britons will be required to "lend a hand" in bringing in this summer's fruit and vegetables.

He says UK citizens interested in signing up for the work can now register their interest on 'Pick for Britain' website.

"We believe that those furloughed who may want to lend a hand or play their part, or supplement their income with an additional job, if they do feel that way I would urge them to visit that website and look at the opportunities there."

George Eustice reports 89,784 tests were carried out yesterday - this is below the government’s target of 100,000 daily tests.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to deliver 200,000 tests by the end of this month.

George Eustice reports an additional 545 people have died in the UK after testing positive for Covid-19, bringing the total to 35,341.

That’s a jump from yesterday’s reported figure of 160 - but it’s important to say we have been seeing lower totals over weekends and at the start of the week.

There has been a lag, sometimes weeks, between when deaths have occurred and then shown up in this daily figure - which now covers deaths in all settings.

A different total, covering deaths mentioning Covid-19 on the death certificate, stood at 41,020 as of 8 May, according to the Office for National Statistics.

The UK government's daily briefing has just started at Downing Street.

It is being led by Environment Secretary George Eustice, accompanied by Professor Angela McLean, the Ministry of Defence's chief scientific adviser.

We'll be hearing from the UK government for its daily briefing in about 10 minutes.

We'll bring you all the updates here.

It is likely there will be more questions about the crisis in care homes, so in the meantime, why not catch up on the story here?

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The head of the organisation which represents care homes in England has strongly criticised the government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak.

Prof Martin Green, of Care England, said people who were most at risk of dying of Covid-19 should have been prioritised from the beginning.

He told MPs that pandemic planning had been completely inadequate and the government had focused on the NHS while discharging infected patients into care homes.

He added that despite promises from ministers, there were still huge issues with testing, with results lost and staff waiting eight to 10 days to find out if they have coronavirus.

Latest figures suggest more than 11,600 people have died in UK care homes since the start of the pandemic.

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The government is considering the idea of an extra bank holiday in October, as suggested by the UK tourism industry body Visit Britain.

Its acting head, Patricia Yates, told MPs on Tuesday the industry had lost the benefit of two bank holidays in May because of the coronavirus lockdown.

She said an extra day in October, possibly around the time of half-term, would enable the UK tourism sector to extend the season.

Downing St said the government was supporting the tourism industry through this "challenging period" and would "respond in due course" to the proposal.

But the prime minister's spokesman said it was "worth acknowledging that extra bank holidays do come with economic costs".

Six Premier League players or coaches have tested postitive for coronavirus.

Some 748 people on the playing or coaching staff of the league's 20 clubs were tested before starting non-contact training on Tuesday.

The individuals - who work for three different clubs - must now self-isolate for seven days.

The league is hoping to start next month but there is no set date for its return.

Read more here.

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The UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said "it will take time" for people to resume their economic habits "even once we have reopened" and so there will not be an "immediate bounce back" for the economy.

He told a House of Lords committee: "We're likely to face a severe recession the likes of which we have not seen, and of course that will have an impact on unemployment."

He also warned that there could be permanent scarring to the economy, with output down on pre-lockdown levels for a prolonged period.

BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said Sunak's "tone today is a lot less enthusiastic than early talk about a quick bounce back for the economy".

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We’re expecting the UK government’s daily press conference in around an hour, led today by Environment Secretary George Eustice.

Joining him will be Professor Dame Angela McLean, chief scientific adviser at the Ministry of Defence.

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World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has welcomed an EU resolution calling for an evaluation of the global response to the coronavirus pandemic, "including, but not limited to, the WHO's performance".

Speaking at the end of the World Health Assembly, Tedros said: "We want accountability more than anyone."

"We will continue providing strategic leadership to co-ordinate the global response" to the coronavirus, he said.

Tedros has faced criticism for the agency's handling of the pandemic. US President Donald Trump has lashed out at the UN's health body, labelling it a "puppet of China".

The US has been accused by China of attempting to distract from its own mishandling of the crisis.

Reality Check

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has claimed that if everyone wore face masks on planes and public transport, it would reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus "by about 98.5%".

Mr O'Leary, who wants to restart flights in July, told the BBC’s Today programme the figure was from a study by Dublin’s Mater Hospital, but was unable to produce it.

Prof Paul Hunter from the University of East Anglia, who has conducted a review into mask studies, told us he could "find no valid data to support the claims," adding his "best guess" would be that wearing face masks would cut transmission by 10% to 15%.

Ryanair directed us instead to a tweet from a specialist surgery department at Dublin's Mater hospital, external showing a graphic suggesting that if two people wear face masks, risk of transmission is cut to 1.5%.

Similar versions of this image have been circulating on social media in various countries for about a month.

The next day, the department posted a reply to the tweet describing the cartoon as "hugely simplified".

Read more here.

Russia has denounced President Donald Trump's threat to pull the US out of the World Health Organization (WHO) over its handling of the pandemic.

The US president has blamed China for trying to cover up the outbreak and accused the WHO, the UN's health agency, of failing to hold Beijing to account.

"Yes there are opportunities to improve [the work of the health agency]," Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov, told a news agency.

"But we are against breaking everything that is there for the sake of one state's political or geopolitical preferences."

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has already agreed to a review into the global response to the pandemic.

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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is planning a nationwide study to track how coronavirus is spreading across the US.

The study using blood samples from up to 325,000 people will test for antibodies which show that people have previously contracted coronavirus.

Researchers will take samples over the course of 18 months. The study should help researchers understand where outbreaks have spread in the US and if the immune system response changes over time.

There have been more than 90,000 coronavirus-related deaths in the US and more than 1.5 million cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

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A nurse in the UK has left intensive care after spending more than 45 days there with coronavirus.

Felix Khor, who is being treated at Southend University Hospital in Essex where he has worked for 15 years, gave a "thumbs up" as he was moved out and thanked those who helped to save his life.

The hospital said colleagues lined the main corridor and there were applause, cheers and a few tears as Mr Khor was moved to a ward.

Mr Khor said: "I'm incredibly grateful to all of the hospital staff who have helped keep me fighting, and for the huge love and support from colleagues and friends.

He added: "There is still a long road ahead but it has meant so much."

No care home should be forced to take back recovering coronavirus patients if they feel they cannot provide appropriate care, Downing Street has said.

It comes after criticism that coronavirus outbreaks in care homes have been exacerbated by patients being discharged into their care from hospitals without being tested to see if they were still infected with the virus.

Number 10 has also stressed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "hugely grateful for the hard work and expertise of the UK's world-leading scientists".

The comment comes amid a row over who was responsible for a decision to stop community testing for coronavirus in March.

The government moved away from community tests on 12 March, as ministers decided to focus testing on patients with suspected Covid-19 in UK hospitals, care homes and prisons.

The PM's official spokesman did not specify, when asked, who took the decision, but said: "Scientists advise, ministers take decisions. That's how government works."

Greg Clark, chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, has been talking today about his letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson about the UK's failure to scale up testing fast enough.

The Conservative MP told the BBC "we need to learn the lesson", examine the response of countries such as South Korea and ensure that the same mistakes are not made with the roll-out of future measures - such as antibody tests or a vaccine.

NHS England has announced another 174 coronavirus deaths, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths in hospitals in England to 24,913.

In Scotland, a further 29 people have died with the virus. There were another 17 deaths in Wales, while seven more people died in Northern Ireland.

The tallies for individual nations can differ from the UK-wide total - which will be announced later this afternoon - because they are calculated on a different timeframe, and the UK total includes deaths in all settings.

Can hay fever give you a cough? Do you get a temperature with hay fever? How do I know if I have coronavirus or hay fever?

The Royal College of General Practitioners is warning people not to mix up the symptoms of coronavirus with hay fever.

It says it's concerned people may leave their houses thinking they've just got the seasonal illness, when actually they have contracted the virus and should stay at home.

Here, BBC health correspondent Laura Foster explains how you can tell the difference.