Youre watching bbc news. Im simon mccoy. As the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus rises to nearly 2000, the nhs in england is to cancel all routine surgery and sent home as many patients as possible in order to free up beds. The governments chief scientific adviser said it was reasonable to estimate that 20,000 people could die from catching coronavirus in the uk. If we can get this down to numbers 20000 and below, thats a good outcome in terms of where we would hope to get to with this outbreak. But its still horrible. The foreign secretary, dominic raab, advises uk citizens against all nonessential Global Travel for an initial period of 30 days. The government is set to announce emergency measures to support the economy after warnings that the latest restrictions could put firms out of business. The archbishop of canterbury calls for church of england churches to put public worship on hold and become a different sort of church in the coming months. And uefa confirm that euro 2
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