BBCNEWS Coronavirus Daily Update March 17, 2020
Youre watching bbc news. Im simon mccoy. As the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus rises to nearly 2000, the nhs in england is to cancel all routine surgery and sent home as many patients as possible in order to free up beds. The governments chief scientific adviser said it was reasonable to estimate that 20,000 people could die from catching coronavirus in the uk. If we can get this down to numbers 20000 and below, thats a good outcome in terms of where we would hope to get to with this outbreak. But its still horrible. The foreign secretary, dominic raab, advises uk citizens against al...