Moving on to questions from the press, the BBC's Vicki Young asks the PM about the guidance for businesses and whether it is confusing.

Johnson says: "It is not for government to decide how employers should run their companies.

"What we are saying now is if employers think it would be better and more productive for employees to come to office, and they can work in a safe way, there should be discussions between employers and employees and people should make a decisions."

But he does say if people are productive at home, which many companies are seeing, they can stay there.

Jessica Parker
BBC political correspondent

A more localised approach, when it comes to tackling Covid, has been used now for some time.

But Boris Johnson is also signalling a tougher approach, with new powers for councils and ministers as well.

One of those powers for central government is quite striking: the ability to prevent people entering or leaving defined areas.

As efforts to get the economy going mean the lockdown is loosening overall, the government’s trying to tighten its ability to crack down on local outbreaks.

The PM says he hopes the UK will return to "significant" normality by the middle of November, with the remainder of restrictions eased "possibly for Christmas".

He says the plan "remains conditional" but if the UK pulls together, the UK can win its "long fight" against the virus.

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But the PM says the government must also "hope for the best" and as a result he wants to set out plans for a further easing of the lockdown, updating the government's road map.

The guidance for returning to work is to be updated to give employers more discretion over where their staff can work from.

While at the moment, staff are being advised to work from home where possible, in future staff will be encouraged to use public transport and talk to their employers as to whether they can return safely.

From 1 August, other sectors of the economy will be able to re-open, with indoor performances before a live audience being allowed again.

Beauty parlours, skating rinks and casinos will be able to re-open their doors but nightclubs and soft play centres will remain shut.

He also says he hopes that spectators will be allowed to return to football stadia from the middle of October and conferences to resume while confirming that weddings with 30 people will be able to go ahead.

Johnson says the government has taken a number of measures to make sure the NHS is ready for winter.

He says it has increased the number of ventilators to nearly 30,000, increased the pipeline of personal protective equipment, and it will be "rolling out the biggest ever flu vaccination programme" in the UK.

The PM confirms £3bn more funding for the NHS, with money for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

He says the government will maintain the extra hospital capacity from the independent sector and maintain nightingale hospitals until the end of March.

"We are making sure we are ready for winter and planning for the worse," he says.

"But I strongly believe we should also hope for the best."

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Boris Johnson says the government has made "substantial" progress in testing, saying it has increased "100 fold to more than 200,000 tests a day".

He says: "Anyone anywhere in the UK with symptoms can get a test without delay".

But, as we approach winter, testing will have to go further.

"We will further increase testing capacity to 500,000 a day... by the end of October."

The PM is now setting out substantial new powers to tackle local outbreaks in the future.

Councils will be able to intervene to shut down outdoor spaces and premises at short notice, he says.

Stay at home orders could also be imposed, the PM says.

These local powers may seem "unjust" to those who are affected but they are needed to tackle inevitable local spikes, he adds.

The PM says the government's goals, to stop the spread of the virus and protect the NHS, remain the same but "the tools" being used are evolving.

He says the "blanket national lockdown" imposed between the middle of March and end of May was the right thing to do but now the UK is focused on localised lockdowns.

He points to the success of dealing with local outbreaks in cities such as Blackburn and Leicester, pointing out that restrictions in Leicester are beginning to be relaxed now infection rates are falling.

The number of daily deaths is continuing to fall thanks to the phenomenal efforts of the British people, Boris Johnson says.

The PM starts by saying that "steady progress" is continuing to be made with new daily cases below 1,000 and the R number nationally between 0.7 and 0.9.

The UK government press conference has started, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson taking to the lectern.

We will bring you all the updates from his speech here so do follow along.

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We will be hearing from the UK prime minister shortly with his update on coronavirus.

And we are expected to hear about an additional £3bn of funding for the NHS to tackle a possible second wave in the country.

But what is a second wave? And is one coming?

Read our explainer from BBC health and science correspondent James Gallagher.

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We should be hearing from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the next 10 minutes, but let’s take a look at the latest from the country first:

• The PM is expected to announced £3bn of funding for the NHS over the winter to prepare for a second wave of coronavirus
• Swabs in some batches of coronavirus home-test kits are "not up to standard", according to Health Secretary Matt Hancock
• Mr Hancock has also called for an urgent review into the compilation of coronavirus deaths data in England
• Leicester’s local lockdown has been partially eased, but pubs and restaurants will remain close in the city
• Some of the restrictions on people shielding from coronavirus in Scotland have now been eased
• British Airways has said it will retire its fleet of Boeing 747s after a sharp downturn in travel as a result of the outbreak

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We have just had it confirmed that Boris Johnson will give his coronavirus update at 11:00 BST (10:00 GMT).

The UK prime minister will be joined at the press conference by Dido Harding – the chair of the government’s test and trace programme.

We will bring you all the updates from the briefing here so stay tuned.

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock has called for an urgent review into the compilation of coronavirus deaths data in England.

It comes after it was confirmed that the number of reported deaths included people who had tested positive months before they died.

Scotland and Northern Ireland only include people who die within 28 days of having coronavirus.

Public Health England is responsible for reporting Covid-19 deaths.

The BBC's head of statistics, Robert Cuffe, said this "could explain why the daily death toll in England has remained higher than in other UK nations".

"But it doesn't mean that most of England's coronavirus deaths are counting errors," he said.

"Statisticians say it's better to look at death registrations that pick up coronavirus cases that were never confirmed by a lab test.

"And when you look at those figures, or deaths from all causes, England still has one of the highest deaths tolls in Europe and leading developed economies in the pandemic, to date."

According to the official government figures, more than 45,000 people have died. However, the numbers do not include people who have not been tested, and so the actual death toll is higher.

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Thailand says it will allow foreigners a grace period to apply for visa extensions.

It has previously granted foreigners in the country automatic visa extensions over fears there could be long queues at immigration centres.

Immigration Bureau Commissioner Sompong Chingduong told Reuters news agency that he did not propose extending visas after 31 July but would allow for visa requests from 1 August to 26 September.

“The situation in the country and overseas has improved,” he said.

After September, if a request is not made and the visa expires, then it would be considered overstaying, which is illegal.

Thailand hasn't recorded a local transmission of the virus in seven weeks.

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UK universities have already warned they might face cash problems from the coronavirus pandemic - with a study showing that 13 face a real chance of going bust.

But under new plans announced by the governemnt yesterday, universities in England at risk of insolvency could apply for emergency loans from the government.

However, any rescue would come with conditions, including cutting pay for vice-chancellors and senior staff.

It could also require universities to focus more on subjects with better job prospects for graduates.

Our full report is here.

David Willis
LA correspondent

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America’s top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, has urged young people to refrain from gathering in large groups.

The virus originally appeared to be affecting mainly elderly people, but health officials now report a big rise in cases involving people under the age of 35.

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In a Facebook interview, Dr Fauci said young people had "a societal responsibility" to avoid propagating the pandemic, and he urged them to wear face masks in public.

Many of the states where the largest number of coronavirus cases have been reported have also been those that have refused to mandate the wearing of masks in public.

With lockdown easing, many of us are planning to make the most of summer.

But what exactly are we allowed to do over the holiday season? More than you might think.

Here's a quick guide to some socially-distanced summer experiences in the UK (just don't forget your mac and wellies).

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If you're unable to go on holiday due to the pandemic, you can at least see the world through WindowSwap, external, a new lockdown project.

The website allows users to watch a view from someone else’s window. It has videos from various locations around the world including London, Bangalore and the beautiful mountains of Switzerland.

Those watching can change locations whenever they’d like and travel in the world in one day.

People wishing to share the view from their window can submit a 10-minute video to the website.