In just 48 hours, 4,000 nurses and 500 doctors answered the call to return to work, Mr Hancock said. The Government had issued a rallying cry for tens of thousands of retired doctors and nurses, telling them: "Your NHS Needs You." "The whole country needs the NHS right now and if you're a retired doctor or a retired nurse then your NHS needs you." The extra resources come thanks to a deal between NHS England and independent hospitals,They include nearly 20,000 staff, will also help the NHS deliver other urgent operations and cancer treatments. The coronavirus death toll in the UK has reached 233 after NHS England said a further 53 people had died in England after testing positive.

Source: Daily Mirror March 21, 2020 23:32 UTC