A 6-week-old baby passed away from coronavirus as the death toll in the UK rose to more than 31,250.
The newborn, whose gender was not revealed, is believed to be the country’s youngest victim of the killer virus.
“It is absolutely tragic. They were sadly unwell when they were born and never left hospital,” a source said of the death of the baby, who was born in the North East of England with underlying health conditions.
The baby was born on March 23, the day before lockdown.
Environment Secretary George Eustice said that Brits should prepare for ‘no dramatic change’ to lockdown measures.
The Prime Minister, who was joined by NHS England Director Stephen Powis, said: “ny evolution of the current restrictions will be done with the utmost of caution. There isn’t going to be dramatic change in the short term.
“We will be cautiously making some changes where we think those can be considered and the PM will be setting out a timetable for other changes as well.”
He also urged the public to resist the ‘temptation’ of disobeying rules during the sunny Bank Holiday.
“It is absolutely essential people abide by the current restrictions stay at home and don’t succumb to the temptation to go out and about,” he added.
The Government also stressed that the R rate of transmission should stay below 1 to lift lockdown restrictions.
“I can’t give you the data by region, I think what has been said of the R is it is somewhere between 0.5 and 0.9,” said Professor Stephen Powis. “Undoubtedly it will vary from place to place, and it will vary over time from place to place.
“The important thing is that as a whole that it stays below one.”
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