RUSHES: Coronavirus: Downing Street press conference 26th March

Coronavirus: Downing Street press conference 26th March; ENGLAND: London: Westminster: Downing Street: INT Downing Street press conference part 7 of 9 Rishi Sunak MP (Chancellor) and Dr Jenny Harries (Deputy Chief Medical Officer) question and answer session SOT. - Q: WORRIED ABOUT HEALTH IMPACT OF SELF-ISOLATION - OBESITY, MENTAL HEALTH? - SOT HARRIES Recognise potential mental health risk Particularly applies to high risk group, asked to take out of society for 12 weeks In letter specific links and suggestions to welfare If people not going to work, creates stress, have more free time to selves Best opportunity country has to become super fit Even may not wish to jog, doing now may be enjoyable / Q: ACCEPT SCHEME OPEN TO ABUSE, AND THOUGHTS ON THOSE ABUSING SYSTEM? - SOT SUNAK Designing things at pace, put conditionality into scheme Will be form have to fill in, ask to apply, check a few other boxes Will be able to put in compliance measures Put in place loan schemes to provide credit, was issue with commercial paper facility Worked with BoE to find workaround, find credit rating for businesses Significantly increase numbers who can benefit Covering 80 per cent of UK employment and UK turnover with schemes Finding ways to addressing 20 per cent gap /