Coronavirus: Boris Johnson to review lockdown, and PPE from Turkey 'unusable'
Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Thursday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.later, having suggested the lockdown could be eased from Monday. They will discuss ending the"stay at home" message. Labour's Angela Rayner says their repeated failure to meet the 100,000-a-day testing target"doesn't inspire confidence".
Services to treat acutely ill patients are being rolled out at speed in some parts of the UK, aimed at preventing those who are frail and vulnerable from having to go into hospital where there's a risk of catching Covid-19.Doctors say they are acting to protect patients after seeing the deaths of so many older people in hospitals abroad.Parents are struggling to redeem supermarket vouchers issued to replace free school meals, headteachers say.
The pandemic might have put a stop to public events marking the 75th anniversary of VE Day but one choir is making sure care home residents who remember the 1945 celebrations don't miss out entirely.See how pensioners Joan Johnson and Don Butler reacted to the Boogaloo Vintage Harmony Group and the Pop Voices choir
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