- April 4: New Labour Party leader Keir Starmer promises to work with the government on its coronavirus response.
- The prime minister will remain in coronavirus isolation due to continuing symptoms of the COVID-19 disease, he announced on Friday.
- In a video posted on social media, Johnson said he continued to suffer from a temperature.
- He also warned Brits against leaving the house during expected warm weather this weekend.
- A further 684 people in the UK died over the last 24 hours, taking the total to to 3,605, the Department for Health said on Friday, April 3.
- The Queen will address the nation on Sunday, April 5 as the pandemic approaches its peak.
- The Health Secretary indicated that the UK government expects the coronavirus pandemic to peak by Easter Sunday.
- Matt Hancock said it’s “perfectly possible” there could be around a thousand daily deaths from the virus in the days leading up to the peak.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on the new Labour party leader Keir Starmer to work alongside him on the coronavirus crisis.
In a letter posted in advance of Starmer’s victory on Saturday, April 4, Johnson said he wanted all opposition parties to meet with him to discuss the government’s response to the pandemic.
—Boris Johnson #StayHomeSaveLives (@BorisJohnson) April 4, 2020
Following his victory Starmer promised to work constructively with the government on the issue.
However, Johnson on Friday said that he continued to suffer from a temperature so would remain in his Downing Street residence beyond the recommended 7-day isolation period.
He also warned Brits against leaving the house during this weekend’s warm weather.
A further 684 people in the UK have died after testing positive for the coronavirus, the Department of Health announced on Friday, April 3, taking the country’s death toll to 3,605.
The UK now has 38,168 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus.
The Health Secretary Matt Hancock also indicated on Friday that the government expects the coronavirus pandemic to peak in the UK by Easter Sunday, with thousands of daily deaths.
Read on for the latest updates on how the virus is spreading across Britain.
For the latest global case total, death toll, and travel information, see Business Insider’s live updates here.
Kieran Corcoran, Alison Millington, and Rachel Hosie contributed reporting to this post.