Alok Sharma giving Downing Street press briefing on coronavirus

The video outlines five critical tests that must be met before adjusting current safety measures. These include ensuring the healthcare system can cope, monitoring a sustained decrease in death rates, obtaining reliable infection rate data, addressing operational challenges like testing and PPE supply, and preventing a second peak of infections that could overwhelm the NHS.

What is the first test that must be satisfied before adjusting current measures?

• Increasing testing capacity

• Ensuring the NHS can cope

• Preventing a second peak

• Reducing the daily death rate

Why is it important to see a consistent fall in the daily death rate?

• To reduce the number of hospital beds needed

• To increase the number of tests conducted

• To confirm that the peak has been surpassed

• To ensure the NHS has enough PPE

What data is needed from SAGE to consider adjusting measures?

• Data showing more PPE is available

• Data showing a decrease in infection rates

• Data showing a rise in daily death rates

• Data showing increased hospital admissions

What operational challenge is mentioned in the third section?

• Increasing the number of healthcare workers

• Reducing the number of daily tests

• Ensuring PPE supply meets future demand

• Increasing the number of hospital beds

What is the most important consideration before adjusting current measures?

• Ensuring the NHS has enough staff

• Increasing the number of available vaccines

• Preventing a second peak of infections

• Reducing the number of daily tests