Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)

PM’s immunity plan blasted again by WHO

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- Nigel.nelson@ sundaymirr­or. co.uk COMMENT: PAGE 14

this emergency.” The Unipart Group is already answering the call to provide extra ventilator­s as soon as possible.

Chairman John Neill said: “This is a critical initiative. There are a lot of talented people already working at great speed on this.”

Environmen­t Secretary George

Statutory sick pay to increase in line with other European countries.

Rent deferrals and mortgage holidays so landlords cannot evict tenants and mortgage lenders cannot take action against homeowners.

Remove requiremen­t for face-toface Universal Credit interviews and immediate suspension of sanctions.

Eustice will meet retail bosses again tomorrow to thrash out more measures to keep food supplies moving.

Face-to-face Brexit talks in London this week have been cancelled and will now have to take place remotely.

At least 13 MPs have self-isolated, including Tory Andrew Bridgen.

Support local authoritie­s working with foodbanks to buy and give food.

Mr Corbyn and his shadow Cabinet have been meeting with the PM and ministers during the crisis.

He said people need to know if “more far-reaching measures, as taken in other comparable states, could be necessary”.

Yesterday Mr Bridgen, 55, who has an 18-month-old son, said he had been promised a test but was still waiting 72 hours later. He added: “I’m never ill but I feel really rough now. I’m at one end of the house and my family at the other. It’s heartbreak­ing when my baby is crying for me and I can’t go to him.”

Security Minister James Brokenshir­e is selfisolat­ing after meeting with Australian Interior Minister Peter Dutton, who tested positive. Most sport has been cancelled for weeks but soccer matches in the National League went ahead yesterday. One Ebbsfleet fan wore a ventilator mask as he joined drinkers for a pint before their 1-0 win at Halifax Town. In London, tourists were still out – with one man spotted adjusting a child’s face mask outside Buckingham Palace.

1-0 FOR THE ROAD

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Soccer fan in Halifax
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QUEUES Shoppers line up outside a branch of Boots

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