Health Secretary Matt Hancock was filmed doing a subtle eye rub and celebration after opening the NHS Nightingale Hospital. With 80 wards, the temporary facility in London's Docklands is now the world's largest critical care unit. Read the latest:
He said on Saturday he was also confident successful antibody tests could be ready in days, adding he was"hopeful" some of the intense social distancing restrictions could be substituted with speedy access to testing and rapid contact tracing in a few weeks' time.
According to a report in The Times, his modelling showed that letting people return to work or reopening schools would allow the pandemic to take off again and no way had been found of easing the lockdown while controlling the virus. "We will have done three weeks of this lockdown, so there's a big decision coming up on April 13. In broad terms are we going to continue to harm children to protect vulnerable people, or not?"
Health specialists have said they are currently"testing to the limit of our materials", adding that they are ready to increase capacity, but only if given a"reliable supply" of equipment to do so.
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