Governments
#COVID19 response. (Thread)

330bn economy package, world leading.

Furlough scheme for the employed.

Self Employed scheme, covering 95%.

Universal Credit increase and easier to access.

4000 capacity Nightingale Hospital, built in 9 days.

Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester next for new temporary hospitals.

Field hospitals in Bristol and Harrogate planned.

Volunteer scheme attracts 750k.

30k+ Doctor's and nurse's recalled.

600m of PPE sourced, more coming.

Supermarket logistics boosted, stocks replenished.

Coronavirus bill debated and enacted in 2 weeks.

400m investment into coronavirus research.

Acquiring ventilators from a collaborative effort between British Companies and Universities, including F1.

Daily press conferences from the government, only matched by the US.

Pledge by the Chancellor to do whatever it takes regarding more funding.

Drug treatment and game changing antibody trials in conjunction with nine potential suppliers.

Military deployed for logistics and expertise.

Buying and resourcing private hospital capacity.

Making sure testing kits pass quality checks, 3 out of 4 have given false readings.

13.4bn of NHS debt written off.

3 mega testing labs to be made from scratch.

New swab specifications, creation and manufacture.

Located 1.5m of the most vulnerable for shielding, putting measures in place for help with food and medication.

Included all parties and devolved governments into the fight against coronavirus.

Allowing the experts in virology, epidemiology, medicine and science to lead the fight against coronavirus. These are as follows...

CMO Chris Whitty. CSO Patrick Vallance.

Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies. (SAGE)

The New Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group. (NERVTAG)

The Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens. (ACDP)

The Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modeling. (SPI-M)

The Joint committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. (JCVI)

FCO Travel advice informed by the PHE and DHSE.

The actions taken in the fight against Covid are on the advice of these committees.
These are unprecedented times and the government need your support to get through this.
Could they do more? Possibly, are they doing their best? Undoubtedly. This is not the time for political point scoring and attacking their every move. Every country is struggling to fight this pandemic. Support eachother,
#StayHomeSaveLives and we will all beat this together.
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