Tuesday 17th March 2020
- Amazon announces suspension of all warehouse shipments from partners as it tries to focus on household staples, medical supplies and high demand products.
- UK confirmed case rise by 407 in just 24hrs to a total of 1950 – Public Health England
- “Non Urgent” operations to be cancelled to allow for increased capacity, freeing medical staff and beds for the expected huge increase in demand for medical care.
- Chancellor announces £330bn fund to help business survive COVID-19 with more if needed.