Britain comes together to clap for carers on Covid frontline – as it happened

Government signs deal for 10m antibody tests; 17% of Londoners and 5% of rest of country may have had Covid-19; official UK death toll rises to 36,042Johnson forced to drop NHS surcharge for migrant health workersFewer young adults sticking to lockdown rules, study showsMatt Hancock ’s press conference - summaryCoronavirus global updates - liveCoronavirus latest: at a glanceSee all our coverage8.31pmBSTThat ’s the end of our UK live coverage for tonight, please follow worldwide developments on our global blog. Thanks for reading and writing in.Related:Coronavirus live news: Spain reports lowest Covid-19 daily death toll in over two months8.26pmBSTScotland ’s first minister,Nicola Sturgeon, also came out to pay her respects tonight.Another heartfelt thank you to all those working to keep us safe#ClapfortheNHS#clapforcarers#clapforkeyworkerspic.twitter.com/KNkNzEF6wUContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 21, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Sparrow and Nazia Parveen (now); Josh Halliday (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Politics Science UK news Infectious diseases Office for National Statistics Health NHS Nicola Sturgeon Scotland Scottish politics Chris Patten London Sadiq Khan Matt Hancock Boris Johnson Source Type: news