But he said that the rise in cases was not accelerating because of the social distancing measures. Sir Patrick said the NHS seeing an additional 1,000 patients a day with coronavirus-related admissions was "not an acceleration" and that the health service was coping. He said that the numbers admitted is going up by a steady rate of around 1,000 a day - although that could increase. Dominic Raab also announced the government will charter flights to ensure that thousands of Brits stuck abroad will get home. In the last week, the Foreign Office has helped more than 4,000 people to get back from Jamaica.

Source: Daily Mirror March 30, 2020 17:06 UTC