RUSHES: Coronavirus: Downing Street press conference 12th June

Coronavirus: Downing Street press conference 12th June; ENGLAND: London: Westminster: Downing Street: INT Press conference part 9 of 11 Grant Shapps MP (Transport Secretary), Professor Stephen Powis (National Medical Director, NHS England) and Peter Hendy (Chairman, Network Rail) question and answer session SOT. SOT SHAPPS: - Air bridges are a potential way forward. - That can be supplemented by testing as well at ports and airports etc. - There are countries which have lower levels of infections, but perhaps that's because they are yet to go into this as opposed to have already come out if it. - It's an active conversation. QUESTION ON BUSINESSES DEALING WITH IMPACTS OF COVID-19 SOT SHAPPS: - Without having to get back into the whole Brexit discussion, this Govt. has decided we will not extend the transition period. - What the remaining 27 EU countries do is up to them. - We're confident we'll have great systems in place, but we'll do that on our own terms. - Covid has clearly been a massive disruption to our plans. - We've been challenged more than anything since the war regarding our freight supply...