THEY SAID WHAT?

“I just want to say this on behalf of all my colleagues in health and social care: I am awed by the dedication of colleagues on the frontline, every single person, who contributes to the running of this diverse and caring institution that our nation holds so dear,”

- Health Secretary Matt Hancock pays tribute to the NHS workers helping to battle the coronavirus

outbreak in the UK.

“The fact that we are not yet even testing 10,000 people a day is very, very serious indeed. There are almost half a million (frontline) people working in the NHS and the care sector. Even they have not yet been tested. It is ludicrous. We have got to get on top of testing”

- Outgoing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says it is “ludicrous” that so few health service staff and care workers have been tested for coronavirus.

“Dad fought bravely for so long. Due to this horrible disease we had been unable to visit him at the hospital but all of the family and close friends spoke to him every day. We will miss him terribly and we are so proud of everything he has achieved in his career with Syd and know that he was much loved by the millions that watched them every week”

- Ryan McGinnis pays tribute to his father, comedian Eddie Large, above, who died aged 78 after contracting coronavirus in

hospital.

“I want you to know how much Emily was loved. She will be missed by all her friends and all the staff. Her loss has left a hole in our hearts and the school will never be the same again”

- Louise Close, head teacher of Markland Hill Primary School in Bolton, pays tribute to sevenyear-old pupil Emily Jones who was randomly stabbed to death in a park on March 22.