Health secretary Sajid Javid said fully unlocking England is 'uncharted territory' for any country in the world, as he revealed the government expects cases could reach as high as 50,000 cases per day by the time measures are fully relaxed on 19 July. The current figures show 27,334 people across the UK tested positive reported on 5 July, a rise of 53%.

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