WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 2020One in five could be off sick
with virus, No 10 warns
‘Battle plan’ says army could be called in and extra mortuary space will
be needed in the event of a widespread outbreak
Boris Johnson at a press conference yesterday along with chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance and chief medical officer Chris
Whitty (PA)
SHAUN LINTERN
HEALTH CORRESPONDENT
Ministers have warned a widespread outbreak of coronavirus in the UK could lead to an increase in deaths
among the vulnerable and elderly, as officials were instructed to find extra mortuary spaces.
A 27-page government document outlining the potential scale of disruption revealed that a fifth of workers