RUSHES: Coronavirus: Downing Street press conference May 21st

Coronavirus: Downing Street press conference May 21st; ENGLAND: London: Westminster: Downing Street: INT Press conference part 10 of 11 Matt Hancock MP (Health Secretary), Professor Chris Whitty (Chief Medical Officer) and Professor John Newton (Coordinator of the National Testing Effort) question and answer session SOT. - Q: ISN'T IT A RISK THAT DOING TRACK AND TRACE AND EASING LOCKDOWN SIMULTANEOUSLY THAT THEY CANCEL EACH OTHER OUT? IS THERE A FIGURE WHERE WE WOULD ROLL IT BACK? - Matt Hancock A: Through surveillance testing we have greater clarity on what R is and a clear goal of less than 1 / In place to mitigate the scenario you have set out / Able to continue reduction while also rolling back social distancing measures as safely as possible - Q (from former footballer Robbie Savage): MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK - SPORT IMPORTANT TO CONTRIBUTION. WHY THEN ARE FOOTBALLERS NOT ALLOWED TO TRAIN WHEN OTHERS ARE GETTING 1 TO 1 COACHING? - Matt Hancock A: Get the impact of this on people's lives / Playing football and other sport positive thing and huge release / Exercise alone is not the same as playing football / Unfortunately, rules have to be in place among population because we have to get grip of virus / - Q: SO WHY ARE SOME GOVERNING BODIES ALLOWING COACHING 1 ON 1 WHILE FOOTBALL CANNOT? - Chris Whitty A: Tentative easing was making it easier to do things outdoors within same household / About releasing where we can without transmission, confident it is safer to do same thing outdoors rather than indoors / Rules are 1 other person at 2 metres, small increment from where we are