Britons lift spirits with weekly applause outside London hospital

Record ID: 1553485

  • Title: Britons lift spirits with weekly applause outside London hospital
  • Date: 21st May 2020
  • Summary: KARACHI, PAKISTAN (MAY 19, 2020) (REUTERS) BUSINESSMAN AND TRADER, MOHAMMAD SHABBIR AHMED, WITH WIFE, SHEHAZ SHABBIR, ENTERING ROOM AT HOME AND PICKING UP GARMENTS AHMED CHECKING CHILD'S KURTA (PAKISTANI TRADITIONAL SHIRT) AS WIFE STANDS WITH HIM AHMED TAKING KURTA OUT FROM PLASTIC BAG WOMENS' AND CHILDRENS' GARMENTS STACKED IN ROOM AHMED AND WIFE CHECKING AND RE-PACKING I
  • Embargoed: 4th June 2020 21:06
  • Keywords: British health care workers Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Londoners applauding clap for carers clapping for NHS coronavirus crisis lockdown outbreak pandemic
  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: Health/Medicine
  • Reuters ID: LVA001CEVK37R
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Britons clapped for the National Health Service (NHS) for the ninth consecutive week on Thursday (May 21) as varying degrees of lockdowns continue across the country.
    People were seen applauding on the streets of London as people once again paid tribute to those on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19.
    The applause came as the UK's death toll on Thursday passed 36,000.
    In the government's daily briefing, Health Minister Matt Hancock announced on Thursday that the UK had agreed to acquire over 10 million coronavirus antibody tests from Roche and Abbott which would be rolled out to health and care workers from next week.
    Mass antibody testing is being considered by many countries as a way to speed the reopening of economies devastated by lockdowns and to introduce more tailored social distancing measures.
    Health Minister Matt Hancock said the tests would be first rolled out to staff, patients and residents in health and care settings.
    (Production: Yann Tessier, Andy Ragg, Ben Dadswell)
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