BBC News: [2] A doctors’ union has said many of its members are still not getting the protective equipment they need to treat patients with coronavirus. The British Medical Association (BMA) said doctors were putting their lives at risk. On Friday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said there was enough kit for everyone and unveiled a plan for addressing shortages.

[3] The UK recorded 980 hospital deaths on Thursday, bringing the total to 8,958. That death toll, which does not include those who died in care homes or the community, has exceeded the worst daily figures seen in Italy and Spain. But England’s deputy chief medical officer, Jonathan Van-Tam, warned it was “impossible to say we have peaked”, adding that the measures the country was taking with social distancing needed to continue. Read more