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- The lockdown could claim 150,000 lives through various side effects (including suspended NHS services), according to internal government modelling. Fraser Nelson reports below.
- Covid-19 antibody testing in a German town suggests a 15 per cent infection rate and a 0.37 per cent death rate.
- Boris Johnson last night moved out of intensive care and is now in a regular ward at St Thomas’ Hospital.
- The Home Secretary has warned the police against being heavy-handed over the Easter weekend. Meanwhile, military police boats will patrol the south coast to stop people from visiting beaches.
- Ninety-one per cent of Brits support an extension to the lockdown, according to new research by YouGov.
- Communities secretary Robert Jenrick has been criticised after it emerged that he travelled 150 miles to his home in Herefordshire during the lockdown.
What’s the cost of the lockdown? Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer, has always argued that Covid-19 will take lives in two ways: directly and indirectly.
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