BREAKING: The Health Secretary is giving immediate financial backing for all NHS Trusts to provide free car parking to NHS staff for the duration of COVID-19. More to follow
UPDATE on coronavirus (#COVID19) testing in the UK:
As of 9am on 23 March, a total of 83,945 have been tested:
77,295 negative.
6,650 positive.
As of 1pm, 335 patients who tested positive for coronavirus have sadly died.
The digital dashboard will be updated later today.
We will get through this together, and we will beat the virus.
To win this fight, we need everyone to follow our advice: as far as possible, we want you to stay at home. The more effectively everyone does this, the faster this country will recover.
#StayHomeSaveLives
@MattHancock@MattHancock we will get through this but not without the biomedical and clinical scientists and support staff who work in labs Please put them on the key worker list by specialism #InItTogether@IBMScience
UPDATE on coronavirus (#COVID19) testing in the UK:
As of 9am on 22 March, a total of 78,340 have been tested:
72,657 negative.
5,683 positive.
281 patients who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) have sadly died.
The digital dashboard will be updated later today.
“We need people to calm down and only buy what they need and think of others when they're purchasing.” – @DefraGovUK Secretary of State George Eustice on food shopping during the #coronavirus pandemic.
To those going against the advice we're getting from our experts, you're not only putting your own life and the lives of your family at risk, you're endangering the community and you're making it more difficult for us to protect the NHS and save lives. #StayHomeSaveLives
UPDATE on coronavirus (#COVID19) testing in the UK:
As of 9am on 21 March, a total of 72,818 have been tested:
67,800 negative.
5,018 positive.
As of 9am, 233 patients who tested positive for coronavirus have sadly died.
The digital dashboard will be updated later today.
Anyone listed below, including people with asthma, should be particularly stringent in following social distancing advice:
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The NHS will provide further bespoke guidance next week for those with serious underlying health conditions.
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