Britain comes together to clap for carers on Covid frontline – as it happened
by Andrew Sparrow and Nazia Parveen (now); Josh Halli from on (#53QWV)
Government signs deal for 10m antibody tests; 17% of Londoners and 5% of rest of country may have had Covid-19; official UK death toll rises to 36,042
- Johnson forced to drop NHS surcharge for migrant health workers
- Fewer young adults sticking to lockdown rules, study shows
- Matt Hancock's press conference - summary
- Coronavirus global updates - live
- Coronavirus latest: at a glance
- See all our coverage
8.31pm BST
That's the end of our UK live coverage for tonight, please follow worldwide developments on our global blog. Thanks for reading and writing in.
Related: Coronavirus live news: Spain reports lowest Covid-19 daily death toll in over two months
8.26pm BST
Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, also came out to pay her respects tonight.
Another heartfelt thank you to all those working to keep us safe #ClapfortheNHS #clapforcarers #clapforkeyworkers pic.twitter.com/KNkNzEF6wU
Continue reading...