Following today's official launch of the NHS Test and Trace programme, people in England testing positive for coronavirus will be contacted by NHS Test and Trace and will be asked to share information about their recent interactions. This may include household members, people with whom they have been in direct contact, or within 2 metres of for over 15 minutes.

Standards body, BSI has published new safe working guidelines to help businesses manage a safe return to work and facilities post-lockdown.

Version one provides a framework for business owners, senior leaders, managers and workers to protect people at work from the ongoing risks related to the coronavirus. Comments are invited on this version until 12th June.

The Lighthill Risk Network has today called upon the global re/insurance sector to support a coordinated effort to establish and improve links with academia to improve understanding of systemic risks.

Rolls-Royce Plc and Daimler Truck AG have announced plans to develop stationary fuel-cell generators as CO2-neutral emergency power generators for safety-critical facilities, such as datacentres. Promising emission-free alternatives to diesel engines, which are currently used as emergency power generators or to cover peak loads, a comprehensive agreement is expected by the end of this year.

The pandemic environment is changing the profile of security risk, and will continue to do so as lockdowns are relaxed around the world. Three new major security challenges have emerged, alongside the expected underlying security issues that the pandemic environment brings about.

The number of cases of COVID-19 could reach 50 million over the next four weeks, with a potential for 644,000 deaths, according to low scenario estimates modelled by AIR Worldwide. WHO figures from this morning show 4,864,881 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 321,818 deaths worldwide, with the US accounting for 2,166,003 confirmed cases.