Business Secretary Alok Sharma says local authorities have received £12bn for grants to small businesses to help them survive the coronavirus. Get the latest:
Dr Doyle speaks again about the antibody tests. She says"we're not dragging our feet" but the accuracy of the tests has to be certain.Sky's Beth Rigby asks for number of frontline NHS staff who have been tested.
Sharma says increasing testing capacity is"top priority". He says 10,000 tests per day being done. We'll continue to do more to make PPE available . Loans for businesses are also being issued, he adds, speaking of measures announced by the chancellor last month. He says it would be"completely unacceptable" for banks to refuse funds to good businesses experiencing difficulty during this time.Sharma conveys"heartfelt thanks" to businesses"working to keep our economy going". When the crisis passes - and it will - we are ready to bounce back, he says.
Luke Johnson warns:"The longer this shutdown continues, the more industry will generally shut down and become insolvent."The number of coronavirus deaths in Canada has risen to 105, with more than 9,000 confirmed cases.Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said:"This joint call exposes the level of concern from health care workers about the adequacy and supply of PPE.
All national team games scheduled for June have also been postponed, including play-off matches for Euro 2020, which has been moved to 2021.Another 486 people who tested positive for the coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 2,137.Twenty of the 486 patients - aged between 13 and 93 years old - had no known underlying health condition.
Three officers were kicked, coughed at and spat on while responding to reports of an assault in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex Police said. Newcastle North's Catherine McKinnell said constituency staff had been in touch with local care homes and many were concerned about the lack of supplies."What is the urgent plan to ensure these homes do not run out?Unions warn of 'crisis' over lack of protective equipment
"Workers are being exposed to unreasonable and unnecessary risk by the ongoing failure to provide key workers with adequate PPE. Ian Sayers, JCB parts and service managing director, said the company was happy to hand over"much-needed gloves and masks" to the NHS, adding:"They are doing an amazing job and we are pleased to be able to help."
Around 8,000 new people on average were tested a day in the seven days up to 1 April. In the previous seven days the daily average was around 5,800. It is a broad-spectrum antiviral agent that has been demonstrated in animal models against multiple emerging viral pathogens including Mers and Sars, which are also coronaviruses.
Also included is King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Glasgow Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Edinburgh Western General Hospital, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.Pape Diouf, a former president of French football team Marseille, died on Tuesday after contracting COVID-19.
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