Under-fire UK government rushes to build field hospitals as virus death toll surges

London – The UK government said on Friday it was rushing to build more emergency field hospitals ahead of an expected surge in coronavirus cases, hours after recording a record 569 deaths from the disease.

"Further such hospitals will open next in Birmingham and Manchester, offering up to 3 000 beds between them," the NHS statement added. Heir to the throne Prince Charles on Thursday made his first public comments since coming out of self-quarantine after contracting the disease, telling the PA news agency the experience had been"strange, frustrating and often distressing".The country took part in another collective round of applause at 20:00 on Thursday, with social media videos capturing cheers across its cities, towns and villages.

In order to meet the demand, the government said it would work with private firms such as Amazon and chemist Boots, and that three new"mega labs" would soon be online. Paul Nurse, chief executive of biomedical research centre the Francis Crick Institute, told the BBC on Thursday that the government should summon"the Dunkirk spirit" and let"small ship" labs start screening for the killer disease.

The government has promised an enormous package of support for businesses and employees hit by the measures.

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