This image shows a coronavirus doctor waiting for the first patients to arrive at the new NHS nightingale hospital. Professor Richard Schilling is Deputy Clinical Director at the COVID-19 hospital in east London.
He tweeted the image of him waiting at an entrance before the hospital started receiving its first patients yesterday. The cardiology specialist said: "I find this photo of me waiting for our first patient both sad and moving. "I wish we didn’t have to be here." Professor Schilling is one of thousands who have volunteered to work at the specialist coronavirus hospital build in London's enormous ExCel conference centre. Follow all coronavirus updates on our live blog here Similar hospitals are in the pipeline across the UK,
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