Parents have been given advice on what to do if they become ill with coronavirus. With families effectively on lockdown and told to restrict their movements amid the pandemic, there have been concerns over what a single parent would do if they became ill with the virus.
Speaking at today's government briefing, Dr Jenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer for England, explained what that parent, or a couple who are both ill, should do.
She said: "Clearly all the way through this we have been very careful to ensure that as individual steps, increasing steps are put in place to try and manage this outbreak, that we manage both the impact on the disease itself, but also recognising that there are other risks - either in putting in