Prince Charles speaks for the first time about suffering coronavirus and his ‘strange and distressing’ time in self-isolation – as he calls for NHS and key workers to get ‘special consideration’ when they are out shopping,,,Prince Charles today described the coronavirus pandemic as a ‘strange, frustrating and often distressing experience’ after recovering from the infection.
The 71-year-old Prince of Wales paid tribute to emergency services workers and shop staff in a three-minute video and stressed the importance of living with hope.
He also said it was ‘essential’ that key workers including NHS staff were ‘treated with special consideration’ when finishing their shifts and trying to go shopping.
The message, recorded this morning by staff at Birkhall, the Prince’s home in Scotland, marked his first appearance since coming out of self-isolation on Monday.
It comes as:
Banks threatened the future of up to one million firms who say they will go bust after being denied access to the Government’s emergency loan scheme;
Couriers begged people to stop going on spending sprees online during the crisis, claiming they are delivering more non-essential parcels than ever before;
Ministers were accused of ‘complacency’ and snubbing offers of help from labs as Boris Johnson struggles to get a grip on the coronavirus testing shambles.
Scientists claimed the UK could already have had 1.8million coronavirus patients with one in every 37 people having caught the disease.
It was revealed nearly one million Britons have tried to claim Universal Credit in the last two weeks as the pandemic batters the UK economy; and
London Mayor Sadiq Khan again blamed commuters for packed Tube trains during the crisis as he was shown footage of the cramped conditions on live TV.
