The government has told local councils to keep parks and graveyards open during the coronavirus pandemic.
02.04.2020 - 21:13 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The UK Government has announced ambitious plans to test 100,000 people per day for coronavirus by the end of April as the UK death toll rose to nearly 3,000 - an overnight rise of 569.
After several days of intense scrutiny over failures in testing, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he was setting out a new "five-pillar" strategy on testing.
He said the UK would hit 100,000 tests per day, which can be made up of antigen tests that tell people whether they currently have Covid-19, as well
The government has told local councils to keep parks and graveyards open during the coronavirus pandemic.
Even though Prince Harry and Meghan Markle recently moved to the United States, the couple is still supporting the United Kingdom. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex recently donated some of the proceeds of their royal wedding broadcast to charity Feeding Britain, which helps feed families struggling during the coronavirus pandemic, Fox News can confirm.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan have donated £90,000 (more than $100,000) to charity Feeding Britain, according to Town & Country. The donation stemmed from the proceeds generated from the Sussexes' global wedding broadcast in 2018.
The UK death toll has reached more than 12,000 and more than 93,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus.
The number of people who have died from coronavirus in the UK has increased by 717 people to more than 11,000, the Department of Health has said.
The coronavirus death toll has passed 10,000 in the UK as health officials announced a further 737 deaths since yesterday.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock led the government's daily coronavirus press conference - after the UK death toll rose by more more than 560 in 24 hours.
The government now has the capacity to test around 12,750 people a day for coronavirus - but official figures show that only around 8,000 tests are carried out each day.