Warwickshire County Cricket Club has confirmed that Edgbaston stadium will be used to regularly test NHS workers for Coronavirus.
Neil Snowball, Chief Executive of Warwickshire CCC, has made a statement on the club website: “With our county cricket programme and conference & events business closed until 29 May, our staff have been exploring various options which enable the club to keep supporting our local community during these difficult times.
“Whilst it is a small part to play in the grand scheme of things, we are pleased that our stadium can be utilised to support the fantastic efforts being made by all of our NHS staff in response to the coronavirus crisis.
As the virus continues to spread across the world, the UK death-toll has now surpassed 5000, according to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Prof James Naismith FRS FMedSci, Director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute & Professor of Structural Biology at Oxford University, gave his thoughts on the latest figures: “Five thousand deaths is a tragic milestone. The experience of the last ten days has shown that the daily number of deaths are highly volatile and one day on its own gives no insight into our progress.
“As social distancing takes effect, we will see a reduction in the rise of new cases and hospital admissions.”
NHS staff who are tested for Covid-19 at Edgbaston will stay at the ground until further notice as they continue to support plans outlined by the government on containing the virus.
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