More bleak coronavirus news for Britain, as the total number of deaths from the virus in the country rose by a huge 563 across the UK, according to BBC News.
A total of 2,352 people have now died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK, up by 563 since Tuesday.
The Department of Health said that, as of 9am on Wednesday, a total of 152,979 people have been tested of whom 29,474 tested positive.
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A British Government Minister, Robert Jenrick, came under fire this morning after appearing on the BBC News and Sky News, as well as being grilled by Piers Morgan on ITV’s Good Morning Britain – the main issues being the lack of testing for NHS staff on the front-line, a lack of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for NHS staff, and a lack of testing generally in the UK.
He also told Sky the UK had 12,000 ventilators, and the BBC a figure of 8,000 ventilators; the higher figure was disputed last week on BBC Newsnight. Talk of expectations for the future will not help those suffering now.
Clearly, the UK Government strategy is not standing up to much scrutiny at present – perhaps this should be no surprise, as three short weeks ago, British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, reported that it was “business as usual” as the first Brits were dying from novel coronavirus, before failing to heed the clear and obvious warnings being sent out of Italy and Spain, where medics were beginning to count the severe cost of this crisis.
Even Donald Trump, who saw US Covid-19 deaths overtake those which occurred in China earlier this week called Britain’s initial response to the outbreak “catastrophic”.
Sadly, the number of deaths and infected in Britain appears certain to continue rising. A field hospital in London, called NHS Nightingale, is being readied with an expected capacity of 4,000 beds.
