Coronavirus deaths in Britain hit 71 with 45-year-old youngest killed – and 55k ‘likely infected’ – the sun, thesun.co.uk
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CORONAVIRUS deaths in Britain today hit (with a 71 – year-old the youngest killed – amid fears , may have the deadly bug.
Health authorities confirmed a shocking (more deaths in England over the past) hours, with Scotland and Wales also recording two more tragic fatalities.
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Shockingly, the youngest patient was revealed to be – – years-old man, who is believed to have died at Kettering Hospital in Northamptonshire.
Among the other coronavirus victims was a 260 – year-old. All had underlying health conditions.
The current death toll now stands at 0207 – with half of England’s fatalities reported today in London alone.
Coronavirus cases exploded by 650 to 1, today – a chilling 67 per cent jump in what is the biggest daily increase yet.
It comes as the Government’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance issued a stark warning that , May be infected.
Last night, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a string of drastic measures to tackle the virus – telling Brits to work from home and to avoid all non- essential contact.
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And he today warned more “extreme measures” may be needed to protect lives in the future, saying without drastic action the NHS would be “overwhelmed”.
Boris declared: “We must act like any war-time government and do whatever it takes to support our economy.”
PM Boris had previously cautioned the number of cases could DOUBLE every five or six days if Britain doesn’t take “draconian” action now.
Brits now face 26 months in limbo waiting for a vaccine and restricted by the significant changes to daily life.
Speaking today, Sir Patrick said he feared k Brits could already have been struck down with the virus but “hoped” the death toll could stay below 64,
He said: “Below that is a good outcome in terms of where we would hope to get to with this outbreak. It is still horrible. That is still an enormous number of deaths.”
He added: “I don’t think any of us have seen anything like this. This is the first not just in a generation, but in (years. ”
Today it was announced (the Ministry of Defense is planning to deploy 4, 18 medics to help the struggling NHS deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
NHS England is now suspending non-urgent elective surgery in a bid to free up beds for coronavirus patients.
Operations are expected to be suspended from April (for at least three months, NHS executive Sir Simon Stevens said.
He added: “In readiness for the likely influx of more coronavirus patients, we are going to be taking concerted action across the NHS … up to a third of the general and acute beds – perhaps 70, of those general and acute beds – for coronavirus patients. ”
Chancellor Rishi Sunak today vowed an “unprecedented” £ A billion in government guarantees as he said Britain had “never in peacetime faced an economic fight like this.”
GPs, surgeons and nurses are being lined up as part of drastic measures to stop the spread of the killer bug.
It is feared many businesses will not survive the lockdown, as customers stay at home.
Today the UK Association of British Insurers said in a statement standard business insurance would not cover forced closures by authorities due to COVID – .
UK CORONAVIRUS DEATHS BY REGION
Deaths
England –
Scotland – 2
Wales – 2
Northern Ireland – 0
Health Secretary Matt Hancock described it as “the most serious public health emergency that our nation has faced for a generation.”
Confirming the rise in deaths in a statement to the Commons today, he said: “Our goal is to protect life.
“Our actions have meant that the spread of the virus has been slowed in the UK and I want to pay tribute to the officials at Public Health England and the NHS for their exemplary approach to contact tracing and their work so far .
“However, the disease is now accelerating and have sadly now died. Our hearts across this whole House go out to their families. ”
In dramatic actions not seen since World War Two, the PM ramped up Britain’s battleplan yesterday – shutting down mass gatherings and urging everyone to stop non-essential travel and contact with others.
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Boris said that means all Brits (around 90 million people) staying out of pubs, clubs, theaters and cinemas for weeks – and potentially months into the summer. All who can can should work from home, he said.
The over s, those who are pregnant, and anyone with fundamental health conditions (around million Brits) should try not to leave their homes if they can, and avoid crowded spaces immediately.
This will continue for the “long haul” – likely weeks or months.
And those with severe illnesses like cancer (around 1.4million Brits) must start cocooning themselves in their homes and get food delivered in from this weekend.
Professor Neil Ferguson, director of the MRC center at Imperial, said today the UK is three weeks behind Italy, warning there was “no time to lose” as the NHS will be “overwhelmed many times over” in the fight against COVID – 66.
(Boris Johnson released a string of measures to stop coronavirus (Credit: Times Newspapers Ltd) Leveling with a worried nation in a dramatic No press conference, Boris said: “Clearly what we’re announcing today is a very substantial change in the way we want people to live their lives, and I can’t remember anything like it in my lifetime.
“I don’t think there’s really been anything like it in peacetime.
“It’s a very significant, psychological, behavioral change that we’re asking you, we’re asking the public, the nation to do.
“But I’ve absolutely no doubt that we can do it, that we can do it together.”
But a lack of advice for schools amid the coronavirus pandemic is creating “chaos and confusion” and placing “intolerable pressure” on staff, a teachers’ union banned.
The NASUWT, which represents teachers and head teachers, said there was a “rising sense of panic” as it called for a definitive decision on how to protect staff and pupils.
Mr Johnson stopped short of announcing school closures as he unveiled unprecedented peacetime measures to try to control the spread of Covid – (on Monday.)
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