A survey has suggested more people are now avoiding leaving home as public concern over coronavirus increases. The results, said pollsters, indicated the public were 'increasingly getting' government messages over social distancing and remaining indoors, designed to halt the spread of the virus and protect the NHS.
And the data gathered also suggested a surge in the number of people wearing face masks when out and about, they claimed. The survey's results were revealed as Matt Hancock, the health secretary, said more than £13bn of historic NHS debt would be written off to place health trusts in a 'stronger position' to respond and cope with the pandemic.