Coronavirus: Ant and Dec lead tributes at virtual opening of new NHS Nightingale hospital

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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Ant and Dec paid tribute to NHS workers in the North East, as they fronted a virtual opening ceremony for the new Nightingale hospital in Sunderland.

The 460-bed hospital was built in just weeks, to help treat people with coronavirus. Covid-19 has affected millions of people around the world, with the UK death toll passing 32,000.

And a staff of more than 300 people worked ‘around the clock’ to open the new hospital, with the Britain’s Got Talent hosts among those sharing support to all involved.

Appearing via a videolink from his sofa, Dec explained: ‘It’s hard to imagine that just a few short weeks ago this building was the