BREAKING: 18 more people die of coronavirus in UK
A shopper stocks up on supplies at Costco Lakeside in West Thurrock, Essex in the country and urged people in the capital to particularly stick to the new rules.Making a statement in the Commons on the coronavirus outbreak, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the pandemic is ‘the most serious public health emergency that our nation has faced for a generation’.
‘However, the disease is now accelerating and [55] have sadly now died. Our hearts across this whole House go out to their families.’Mr Hancock repeated promises made in the budget last week to give the NHS ‘whatever it needs’ to fight the disease. Mr Hancock said emergency legislation will be introduced to Parliament on Thursday which will give the Government new powers to keep strained public services running.
‘We’ve set up a dedicated team to do this and we’re hugely encouraged by the scale of the response so far.’
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