Governments #COVID19 response. (Thread)

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">330bn economy package, world leading.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Furlough scheme for the employed.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Self Employed scheme, covering 95%.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Universal Credit increase and easier to access.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">4000 capacity Nightingale Hospital, built in 9 days.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester next for new temporary hospitals.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Field hospitals in Bristol and Harrogate planned.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Volunteer scheme attracts 750k.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">30k+ Doctor& #39;s and nurse& #39;s recalled.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">600m of PPE sourced, more coming.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Supermarket logistics boosted, stocks replenished.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Coronavirus bill debated and enacted in 2 weeks.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">400m investment into coronavirus research.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Acquiring ventilators from a collaborative effort between British Companies and Universities, including F1.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Daily press conferences from the government, only matched by the US.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Pledge by the Chancellor to do whatever it takes regarding more funding.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Drug treatment and game changing antibody trials in conjunction with nine potential suppliers.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Military deployed for logistics and expertise.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Buying and resourcing private hospital capacity.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Making sure testing kits pass quality checks, 3 out of 4 have given false readings.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">13.4bn of NHS debt written off.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">3 mega testing labs to be made from scratch.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">New swab specifications, creation and manufacture.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Located 1.5m of the most vulnerable for shielding, putting measures in place for help with food and medication.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Included all parties and devolved governments into the fight against coronavirus.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Allowing the experts in virology, epidemiology, medicine and science to lead the fight against coronavirus. These are as follows...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">CMO Chris Whitty. CSO Patrick Vallance.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies. (SAGE)

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">The New Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group. (NERVTAG)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">The Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens. (ACDP)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">The Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modeling. (SPI-M)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">The Joint committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. (JCVI)

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">FCO Travel advice informed by the PHE and DHSE.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">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.