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UK coronavirus: official death toll rises by 363 to 35,704 – as it happened

  • By Dan
  • May 21, 2020May 21, 2020

PM pledges UK-wide tracing by 1 June; justice secretary says policy was to protect NHS ahead of care homes due to limited testing capacity

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6.58pm BST

Here’s a closing summary of the main developments today:

Johnson pledges UK-wide coronavirus tracing by 1 June

6.40pm BST

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The government has bowed to pressure to give indefinite leave to remain to families and dependants of migrant NHS support staff who die as a result of contracting coronavirus.

The move follows criticism that care workers, cleaners and porters had been left out of the scheme, which only applied to certain occupations including nurses, biochemists and radiographers.

Every death in this crisis is a tragedy, and sadly some NHS support staff and social care workers have made the ultimate sacrifice in the pursuit of saving the lives of others.

When I announced the introduction of the bereavement scheme in April, I said we would continue to work across government to look at ways to offer further support. Today we are extending the scheme to NHS support staff and social care workers.

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