The United Kingdom’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that the peak of the country’s coronavirus pandemic would come slightly sooner than previously thought in the next few weeks.
“It is very sensitive to how many people follow the social distancing guidelines,” he said.
There have been 34,173 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the UK, and 2,926 people with confirmed infection have died until now.
“It is very sensitive to how many people follow the social distancing guidelines,” he said.
163,194 people in the UK had so far been tested for the virus, of which 34,173 were confirmed positive.
Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales today opened the new NHS Nightingale Hospital London via video link from his home in Scotland.
East London's ExCeL exhibition center has been converted into the temporary NHS Nightingale hospital, with space for 4,000 beds.
NHS Nightingale Hospital London will support patients with coronavirus in the capital.
“Today’s opening of NHS Nightingale Hospital London is the best of our national effort coming together. Hugely proud that up to 4,000 beds - the equivalent of 10 district general hospitals - have been made available in just 9 days,” Hancock tweeted on Friday. (ILKHA)
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A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck southern Greece this morning, triggering tremors throughout the region and raising concerns about potential tsunamis.
As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 175 on Friday, massive aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound neighborhoods, homes, shelter centers and aid convoys, and massacre more civilians, mostly children and women.
Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, leader of the Yemeni Ansarullah Movement, reaffirmed the movement's steadfast commitment to supporting Gaza in its struggle against oppression.
A moderate magnitude 3.9 earthquake jolted the region today, sending tremors through the town of Smolyan.