UK govt announces £60,000 compensation for health workers who die on the frontline | Coronavirus

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock leads the UK government’s daily coronavirus press conference.

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Mr Hancock is joined by Chief Medical Adviser Professor Chris Whitty and Medical Director of NHS England Professor Stephen Powis.

The number of people who have died in hosptials in the UK has risen by 360 to 21,092.

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