AdvertisementMatt Hancock today confirmed the government will tell the elderly to stay at home for up to four months as he admitted the NHS does not currently have enough ventilators for the fight against coronavirus. CHARITIES URGE FAMILIES TO CHECK UP ON ELDERLY RELATIVES Charities have advised families to check elderly relatives have everything they need after Matt Hancock said over-70s will soon be asked to stay at home for four months. Mr Hancock said today that people can still visit elderly family members and neighbours as long as neither party is unwell. Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, Mr Hancock today described coronavirus as the 'biggest public health emergency in a generation'. Meanwhile, Health minister Nadine Dorries said confirmation she had contracted the coronavirus was like 'iced water trickling down my spine'.

Source: Daily Mail March 15, 2020 09:06 UTC