The Prime Minister has revealed a new slogan to combat Covid-19 amid confusion around new rules.

Boris Johnson has urged people to remember to ‘hands, face, space’.

He acknowledged it was important to keep the advice as simple as possible after the Government was accused of creating confusion around new lockdown restrictions issued for parts of northern England.

At a press conference, he said: ‘Wash your hands, cover your face in the settings that we had mentioned and keep your distance from other people where you don’t know them, you’re coming into contact with them for the first time, and of course get a test and self-isolate if you have symptoms.

‘I hope that was pretty… you know, that was pretty punchy I think – hands, face, space, and get a test.

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‘I think everybody can more or less remember that.’

Johnson and his Government have often attempted to use snappy phrases to get their messages across.

In March, people were told to wash their hands whilst singing happy birthday, while the ‘stay at home’ messaging was used during the early months of the pandemic before being dropped for ‘stay alert’.

Meanwhile, the PM also said that despite progress being made in combating the virus, the UK cannot think that it is exempt from a rise in cases.

He added: ‘I’ve also consistently warned that this virus could come back and that we would not hesitate to take swift and decisive action as required.

‘I’m afraid that in parts of Asia and in Latin America, the virus is gathering pace and some of our European friends are also struggling to keep it under control.

‘As we see these rises around the world, we can’t fool ourselves that we are exempt. We must be willing to react to the first signs of trouble.’

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