UK coronavirus live: one in four NHS doctors off sick or isolating, says leading medic; Scotland deaths rise
All the day’s new developments in the UK’s Covid-19 crisis, as Prince Charles comes out of self-isolation and Nicola Sturgeon says Glasgow’s SEC Centre will be turned into a temporary hospital
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Prince Charles, who announced last week that he had tested positive for Covid-19, is now out of self-isolation.
His spokesperson said: “Clarence House has confirmed today that, having consulted with his doctor, the Prince of Wales is now out of self-isolation.”
Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has announced that the SEC Centre in Glasgow will be turned into a temporary hospital to treat Covid-19 patients.
The field hospital will provide NHS Scotland with a further 300 beds, although it could ultimately be expanded to accommodate more than 1,000 patients.
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