The papers: Coronavirus 'crisis' in the Cabinet

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Image caption The data that coronavirus has “struck on the coronary heart of authorities” dominates the entrance pages. The Scotsman says Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to proceed commanding the response to the pandemic while isolating in Downing Avenue after checking out determined for the illness.
Image caption Boris Johnson is belief to be one of the essential “wide three” to be hit by the virus, the Day after day Mail says – with Health Secretary Matt Hancock also checking out determined and Chief Clinical Officer Prof Chris Whitty showing symptoms. The paper describes the enhance as “a triple blow to the coronary heart of authorities” – despite the very fact that Mr Johnson and Mr Hancock are entirely experiencing soft symptoms and are both working from home while self-isolating.
Image caption “No 10 virus bombshell”, is the headline for the Day after day Deliver, which says the prime minister has “vowed to preserve main the wrestle against coronavirus”. Meanwhile, the authorities launched NHS group would begin up being tested to search if they’ve the virus “in days”, the paper reports.
Image caption While Downing Avenue has said International Secretary Dominic Raab would stand in if the prime minister turned into in unlucky health and unable to work, there need to no longer any plans for him to enact so currently, the i reports. For now, Mr Johnson will proceed to guide the virus response from his flat above 11 Downing Avenue, alongside with his meals left on the door by Civil Service group, the paper provides.
Image caption The Courier reports that files of the determined tests within the Cupboard got right here because it turned into confirmed the UK had viewed its sharpest day-on-day upward thrust for the explanation that Covid-19 outbreak began. There beget now been 14,543 confirmed circumstances, with a total of 759 of us having died in hospitals across the nation.
Image caption The Herald specializes within the leader of the SNP at Westminster calling for the worldwide local weather commerce summit scheduled to be held in Glasgow this November to be postponed. More than 200 world leaders and 30,000 delegates are in consequence of encourage the summit. However Ian Blackford says it is some distance now “impossible” to purchase the worldwide event this 300 and sixty five days.
Image caption The National leads with Scotland’s chief clinical officer pronouncing she believes the sequence of of us contaminated with coronavirus within the nation would possibly maybe well simply beget reached 65,000. Dr Catherine Calderwood said most of those would no longer even know they had it.
Image caption The Day after day File leads with the story of a 75-300 and sixty five days-aged man who has fought off the Covid-19 virus having already suffered two coronary heart attacks and a series of strokes. It also reports on Dave King stepping down as chairman of Rangers, citing “lockdown pressures” as the motive.
Image caption Finally, the Day after day Smartly-known individual is urging its readers to wipe neat their letterboxes and doorbells “to present protection to our brave posties”. The paper says postal workers are “handing over a mountain of stuff” of us beget ordered to ease their “lockdown boredom”.
Image caption The entrance page of Dundee’s Weekend Telegraph reports that thieves beget ransacked a craft shop in Angus while its owners were self-isolating in consequence of their age. Items price £10,000 were stolen within the fracture-in.

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