The world is in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic. Around the globe there are now more than 200,000 confirmed cases with the international death toll nearing 9,000.
Here in the UK the number of cases is feared to be as high as 55,000 with more than 2,000 confirmed. Boris Johnson announced schools would be closing on Friday "until further notice" with provision made for the children of key workers to still be able to attend so their parents can work.
Supermarkets have been forced to introduced rationing and panic-buyers strip the shelves bare. Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will start in8Cancel Play now Shelves have been cleared at Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons, as