With warm weather and the weekend approaching, the Prime Minister, Health Secretary and Britain’s Chief Nurse called for the public to remain indoors. The death of two NHS nurses underlines the urgency of this request. In the UK, the number of dead has risen by 684 in the last 24 hours alone. Prince Charles opened the brand new Nightingale Hospital in London, and the government has set itself a target of 100,000 tests a day by the end of the month. We also learnt that the Queen will address the nation this weekend about the coronavirus outbreak. And schools and colleges in England have been given more details about how GCSE and A-Level grades will be calculated for pupils whose exams have been cancelled. It's been confirmed that there are now more than a million confirmed cases of coronavirus in 181 countries, with Europe still the epicentre of the outbreak. First thing this morning, I dialled into one of my now regular conference calls with Dorset Council. They are proved very informative and helping us all to better co-ordinate what is needed. At 0955, I had to leave to join the daily Cabinet Office conference call that Penny Mordaunt is chairing so splendidly. I raised two issues. One was the lack of dental coverage, the other was a shortage of refrigerated storage for dead bodies. A pre-arranged call with regional prisons' boss Russ Trent followed. I had several matters to raise with him following a fascinating visit to HMP The Verne recently and Russ kindly answered them all. The Verne has just had an outstanding report following a recent inspection. All credit to them and to Governor David Bourne. Many other calls took up my day, ending with a letter from an elderly gentlemen who has been waiting too long for his insurance company to respond to a burglary. We are on to that for him.