THEY SAID WHAT?

“The number of infections is not rising as rapidly as it once was. So green shoots, but only green shoots and we must not be complacent and we must not take our foot off the pedal”

- NHS England’s medical director Professor Stephen Powis says there are signs of a plateau in the Covid-19 infection rate

“There’s not a fixed date like Easter when you know that the peak will come, it depends on the actions of all of us. We can delay that peak, we can flatten the curve through our own particular actions”

- Cabinet minister Michael Gove cannot say when the peak of the coronavirus epidemic will come

“Security costs are being personally covered by the couple”

- A spokeswoman for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, above on their wedding day on May 19 2018, says they will be footing the bill for their personal protection in Los Angeles and not relying on the royal family to pay for bodyguards

“I certainly feel that having had that experience, in my case six years as a cancer patient, I went into this feeling actually quite strong, if I can live with cancer, I can certainly live with Covid-19”

- BBC newsreader George Alagiah, who has tested positive for coronavirus, after being diagnosed with bowel cancer in April 2014

“I think so, I think for them it is difficult to move the tournament back for many reasons, because you are running into other tournaments”

- two-time Wimbledon mixed doubles champion Jamie Murray believes this year’s tournament will not take place for the first year since 1945