Trump says personal protective gear has nearly run out; Florida, Georgia, Mississippi ordered to shelter in place; record daily fatalities in UK. Follow the latest updates. * At a glance: summary of key events * London hospital almost runs out of oxygen for coronavirus patients * Australia coronavirus – latest updates * See all of our coronavirus coverage 8.48am BST In a worrying sign, a refugee camp in Greece has been placed under quarantine after 20 of its in-place residents were diagnosed with coronavirus, reports Helena Smith in Athens. Officials began testing people in the facility after a woman from the camp was discovered to have contracted the virus after giving birth in an Athens hospital this week. Those who tested positive were among a group of 63 traced through the woman although officials none were displaying symptoms of the novel virus, the migration ministry said. Northeast of the capital, the Ritsona installation is home to some 3,000 asylum seekers. 8.40am BST Professor Paul Cosford, emeritus medical director of PHE, said testing is “critically important” but that social distancing is too. He told Good Morning Britain: “Social distancing is absolutely the way that we will reduce the spread of this infection and ultimately will get on top of it.” He said social distancing measures will need to stay in place until spread of the disease becomes “minimal”. The Press Association reports: Prof Cosford admitted testing numbers in England appear low but insisted they will “increase rapidly”. He said: “I know 2,000 doesn’t sound a lot compared with the many hundreds of thousands of NHS staff that we’ve got but that is now ramping up quickly.” Asked why the process is taking so long, he said: “This is an incredibly complex operation to put in place in a very short period of time.” Continue reading...
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