Live coronavirus updates as Boris Johnson issues new video, 20,000 ex-NHS staff return to work and EasyJet grounds its fleet

Boris Johnson has issued a video message to all NHS staff and volunteers from self-isolation.

Around 20,000 former NHS staff have returned to work to help the fight against coronavirus, the Prime Minister revealed.

He thanked the doctors, nurses and other former professionals for returning to duty, as well as the 750,000 members of the public who have volunteered to aid the health service.

It comes after the first UK frontline NHS worker died from the virus.

Amged El-Hawrani, an associate clinical director and ear, nose and throat consultant at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, died on Saturday, March 28, at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester.

Meanwhile, EasyJet has grounded its entire fleet in the wake of the pandemic today, Monday, March 30.

Official figures revealed the number of cases in Lincolnshire had now risen to 72 as of Saturday, March 28 – a jump of 19 from the previous day.

Four people have died in Lincolnshire hospitals as a result of the virus.

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jenny Harries has said it may be longer than six months until the country is “back to normal”.