Coronavirus live blog as it happened: latest as 405,000 volunteers sign up to help NHS

Coronavirus live blog as it happened: latest as 405,000 volunteers sign up to help NHS

By Claire Schofield

Early News Editor

Published 25th Mar 2020, 07:56 GMT

Updated 25th Mar 2020, 19:09 GMT

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