“The government needed to “massively ramp up testing” – Boris

It was revealed only 2000 out o9f half a million NHS frontline workers in England have been tested.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said “the government needed to “massively ramp up” testing so that NHS staff who were self-isolating unnecessarily could return to work.

In the UK out as of 9:00 Wednesday, 152, 979 people had been tested for the coronavirus with 29, 474 confirmed positive.

Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge has become the first in the UK to use a new, much quicker COVID-19 test called Samba Two, for staff and patients, which give results in 90 minutes as opposed to 24-hour tests. Samba Two has been adapted from an HIV test by a small Cambridge tech company.

In the meanwhile, British Airways is expected to announce it will suspend around 36, 000 staff due to the crisis.

Over 950, 000 new universal credit claims were made in just two weeks from the middle of March- the normal figure for a two-week period was 100, 000.

The Treasury is to announced changes to its emergency loan scheme for businesses by the end of the week – after the banks turned own thousands of struggling companies their loan application.

NHS 111 has responded to over 1.7 million inquiries over the last two weeks.

Wimbledon is cancelled and UEFA has suspended all Champions League and Europa League matches until further notice.