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Millions of Britons have been warned to stay inside as the temperature soars, and the US has been accused of “modern piracy” after reportedly outbidding European countries for masks as coronavirus intensifies global competition for supplies.
According to official figures published on Saturday afternoon, in the UK:
4,313 people in hospital had died after contracting coronavirus as of 5pm on Friday, an increase of 708 in 24 hours.
A total of 9,406 new people were reported as being tested in the 24 hours to 9am April.
Here’s the latest:
Brits stuck on coronavirus-hit cruise ship land at Heathrow
A charter flight carrying British passengers from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship has landed at Heathrow.
More than 200 Brits had been stuck on board the Zandaam and its sister ship the Rotterdam after the Zandaam reported more than a dozen Covid-19 cases, plus 190 people with flu-like symptoms.
A charter flight carrying passengers from the #Zaandam#Rotterdam cruise ships has landed safely back in the UK, with 214 British people aboard.
The 🇬🇧 has worked closely with our 🇺🇸 partners in Florida, @statedept@browardinfo and @HALcruises to ensure their safe return.— Dominic Raab (@DominicRaab) April 4, 2020
The cruise ships were embroiled in a dispute with Florida officials, who were reluctant to let the ships dock, for fear of further burdening the state’s already-stretched hospitals.
Four people died aboard the Zandaam, including two officially diagnosed with the coronavirus.
The four included 75-year-old Briton John Carter, who died on March 22. His cause of death has yet to be officially revealed, but he was reported to have been on a ventilator in his last days.
The Zandaam, which began its cruise in Buenos Aires on March 7, was refused entry to several Latin American ports after its coronavirus cases emerged, before making a rendezvous with...
