Queen Elizabeth II will urge people to rise to the challenge posed by the coronavirus outbreak, in a rare special address to Britain and ...
Queen Elizabeth normally only addresses the nation in a speech broadcast on Christmas Day AFP/Steve ParsonsLONDON: Queen Elizabeth II will urge people to rise to the challenge posed by the coronavirus outbreak, in a rare special address to Britain and Commonwealth nations on Sunday .
According to Buckingham Palace, the queen will personally thank frontline healthcare staff and other key workers for their efforts during the crisis. Some 750,000 people responded to his call for volunteers to support the state-run National Health Service , the elderly and vulnerable currently in self-isolation.
As a precaution, he officially opened by videolink a new 4,000-bed field hospital in east London which will treat the most seriously ill patients on Thursday.
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