Major restrictions to people’s lives came into force at 18:00 BST on Friday.
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Mr Johnson previously pledged that all tests would be processed within 24 hours – unless there were issues with postal tests – by the end of June.
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It comes as Greater Manchester is to move into tier three against the wishes of local leaders.
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In a joint statement, Mr Burnham and the Labour leader of Manchester City Council, Sir Richard Leese, said: “We had been encouraged by earlier discussions at an official level where the idea of a hardship fund, to top up furlough payments and support the self-employed, had been tabled by the government.
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In a tweet (in French), police urged members of the public to avoid the area.
Lancashire has agreed to move into tier three from Saturday with a financial support package worth £42m. Around 1.5 million people, including those living in Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, Lancaster and Preston, will be affected by the new rules.
The Wellcome Trust director, who also sits on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), told the BBC’s Newscast podcast that countries that had controlled the virus well so far – including South Korea and New Zealand – had a “national consensus about the way forward”.