When the sun is out and the kids are at home, when the whole Natural World seems at its loveliest and the outdoors is so inviting, i can only imagine how tough it has been to follow the rules on social distancing. I thank you, because so many millions and millions of people across this country have been doing the right thing. Millions, going through the hardship of selfisolation, faithfully, patiently, and with thought and care for others as well as for themselves. I want you to know that this easter sunday, i do believe that your efforts are worth it and are daily proving their worth, because although we mourn every day those who are taken from us in such numbers, and though the struggle is by no means over, we are now making progress in this Incredible National battle against coronavirus. A fight we never picked against an enemy we still dont entirely understand. While making progress in this national battle, because the British Public formed a human shield around this countrys greatest national asset, our National Health service. We understood and we decided that if together we can keep our nhs safe, if we could stop our nhs from being overwhelmed, then we could not be beaten, and this country would rise together and overcome this challenge as we have overcome so many challenges in the past. In the last seven days, i have of course seen the pressure that the nhs is under. Ive seen the personal courage, not just of the doctors and nurses, but of everyone, the cleaners, the cooks, the healthcare workers of every description, radiographers, pharmacists, who have kept coming to work, kept putting themselves in harms way, kept risking this deadly virus. It is thanks to that courage, that devotion, that duty, and that love that our nhs has been unbeatable. I want to pay my own thanks to the utterly brilliant doctors, leaders in their fields, men and women, took some crucial decisions a few days ago which i will be grateful for the rest of my life. I want to thank the many nurses, men and women, whose care has been so astonishing. I am going to forget some names, so please forgive me. But i want to thank pauline, and sharon, and emily, and angel, connie and becky and rachel and nikki, and anne. I hope they wont mind if i mention in particular two nurses who stood by my bedside for 48 hours when things could have gone either way. They are janie from new zealand in the cargo on the sideline, south island to be exact, and luis from portugal near porto. And the reason in the end my body did start to get enough oxygen was because every second of the night, they were watching and they were thinking and they were caring and making the interventions i needed. So, that is how i also learned that across this country, 24 hours a day, for every second of every hour, there are hundreds of thousands of nhs staff who are acting with the same care and thought and precision as jenny and luis. That is why we will defeat this coronavirus, and defeat it together. We will win because our nhs is the beating heart of this country. It is the best of this country. It is unconquerable. It is powered by love. So, thank you from me, from all of us, to the nhs. Lets remember to follow the rules on social distancing. Stay at home. Protect our nhs. And save lives. Thank you, and happy easter. Announcer she spends washington journal, cspans washington journal coming up monday morning, the response of u. S. Health Insurance Companies to the coronavirus. Washington is addressing job losses amid the coronavirus pandemic with Economic Policy director of the bipartisan policy center. Be sure to watch washington journal, live at 7 00 eastern monday morning, and be sure to watch washington journal prime on monday. Director offauci, the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases, and member of the White House Coronavirus task force, will be our guest live at 8 00 p. M. Eastern taking your calls and questions on the coronavirus pandemic. Announcer new York Governor Andrew Cuomo give an update on his States Coronavirus response. Governor cuomo said the hospitalization rate continues to decrease and the curve is flattening. The governor also said he will coordinate with businesses, schools, transportation, and other states for the safest way to reopen