NHS boss' dire coronavirus warning as he calls 20,000 UK deaths 'very sad day'
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mirror.co.ukAn NHS boss has issued a dire coronavirus warning after the UK's death toll passed 20,000 - a figure that he had earlier said would be a "good result".
Professor Stephen Powis, national medical director for England, said it was a "very sad day" for Britain after the toll passed the grim milestone.
After calling it a "once-in-a-century crisis", he warned that Covid-19 will still be a threat months from now and people should continue to obey the lockdown and social distancing rules to curb the spread of the virus.
On March 28, Professor Powis told reporters: “If we can keep deaths below 20,000 we will have done very well in this epidemic. “If it is less than 20,000...
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