Coronavirus: British government scrap daily Downing Street press conferences

The briefings, which have been held on almost every weekday since March 16, will be arranged to ‘coincide with significant announcements’ instead.

The daily Downing Street coronavirus press conference is to be scrapped in favour of ad hoc briefings, the British Government has announced.

Briefings will instead take place to “coincide with significant announcements”, according to a spokesman.