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6.03pm BST

The Muslim Council of Britain has urged communities to take all practical precautions" before returning to mosques, despite the announcement covering the reopening of places of worship in England.

Secretary general Harun Khan said the MCB had produced a nine-step guide to reopening mosques safely.

The guidance urges mosque leaders to exercise caution when preparing for reopening, as well as reminding individual Muslim community members of the importance of deciding for themselves whether it is safer for them to remain home to pray and attend online services, rather than being physically present in the mosque.

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Former chief scientific adviser to the government Sir David King has been speaking to the BBC, saying that easing the two-metre rule in indoor venues could put people at much greater risk" of catching coronavirus.

King, who chairs the Independent Sage group of scientists, told BBC News:

It sounds alright if you're out of doors and you do keep that one-metre distance apart. But if you're indoors you're at a much greater risk because you're sitting in proximity to other people, you're not wearing masks if you're in restaurants and pubs and the level of viral infection in the air could well be quite high.