Coronavirus live updates, April 6 2020: PM spends first day in hospital

Gates have been locked shut in some Bristol parks in an attempt to stop people flouting the rules on lockdown.

The main entrance to St George Park off Church Road is fenced off, as are the car park and library car park entrances. But the park is still accessible from other entrances.

It comes as some people were seen sunbathing in parks across the city during one of the warmest weekends of the year.

Scroll down for the latest updates:

6pm
Here is a roundup of today’s main news:

• Work will begin tomorrow to create space for up to 240 bodies as part of a temporary mortuary at Bristol City Council’s vehicle fleet servicing depot in Brislington. Read our full story here.
• Foreign secretary Dominic Raab says prime minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital “as a precaution only” and remains in charge of the government.
• Bristol Sounds has been postponed until June 2021.
• The medical experts believe the restrictions imposed by the government are working, but it is too early to tell when they might end.
• A drive-through coronavirus testing facility for NHS staff is now available at Ashton Gate Stadium. Read more here.

Thank you for reading our live blog today. We will be back tomorrow at 6.30am.

5.26pm
The Bristol Sounds series of concerts due to take place in June, featuring the likes of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Supergrass, have been postponed until next summer.

5.05pm
Children from Mama Bear’s Day Nurseries across Bristol have been busy creating bright and colourful rainbow pictures as a symbol of love and hope amidst the coronavirus crisis.

The children of key workers, who are still attending nursery, have joined in with the #chasetherainbow movement and created rainbow pictures to be displayed in the nursery windows or outside on fences and gates.

Rainbow pictures are on display in the nursery windows or outside on fences and gates – photo: Mama Bear’s Day Nurseries

4.52pm
Thank you to Great Western Air Ambulance for continuing to work and take great photos.

3.37pm
An important reminder from the NHS Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group:

2.55pm
A temporary mortuary for almost 250 people will be built in Bristol City Council’s fleet services depot on Sandy Park Road in Brislington. It is expected to open by the end of this week to cope with an expected rise in the number of coronavirus victims.

2.22pm
Clifton International Festival of Music has become the latest festival to cancel this year’s events because of the coronavirus outbreak. The team are now raising money in an attempt to recoup lost revenue and help fund next year’s festival. Visit www.crowdfunder.co.uk/clifton-festival-2021.

2.10pm
The Cauldron restaurant in St Werburgh’s are now selling their steak and chips to cook at home.

1.32pm
A drive-through coronavirus testing facility for NHS staff is now available at Ashton Gate Stadium. Read more here.

The testing facility is run by Bristol Ambulance – photo: Bristol Sport

1.10pm
Bristol mayor Marvin Rees is taking part in his next Facebook Q&A on Wednesday evening.

12.21pm
Exercise with a view for Bristol City player Georgia Wilson:

12.05pm
Bristol mayor Marvin Rees is taking part in his next Facebook Live Q&A on Wednesday:

11.35am
Bristol graffiti artist John Doh is getting the government’s message across via stencils:

10.32am
Bristol Food Union are raising money to provide hot meals to feed the front line. Please donate the cost of a meal (£6 to 10) to ensure that they can produce free meals to keep them going while they are busy saving our lives. Donate now at www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/feed-the-frontline.

9.55am
In case you missed it, we visited parks in the city centre on Saturday afternoon following reports that many across Bristol were busy:

9.18am
Bristol-born comedian Mark Watson is keeping on smiling during lockdown:

8.43am
Public cemeteries in Bristol are closed from today due to the coronavirus outbreak. Funeral services will be allowed to continue but a maximum of ten mourners.

Arnos Vale Cemetery is currently open for booked burials only – photo: Martin Booth

8.21am
Gloucestershire Police stopped more than 120 vehicles on the county’s major routes over the weekend. Fines given out to those found to be carrying out non-essential journeys included three people who were stopped on the M5 while travelling from Manchester to Bristol to pick up a new car.

7.54am
YoBikes have removed from the streets of Bristol due to the coronavirus crisis. Read the full story here.

7.21am
According to the latest figures, 47,806 people in the UK have tested positive, and 4,934 have died in hospital after contracting coronavirus.

The number of deaths at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, which runs the BRI and other city centre hospitals, has remained at 15 since March 31 – photo: Martin Booth

7.04am
A new study reveals that house sales in the UK will collapse this year. But prices will fall by only 3 per cent and will rebound in 2021, according to global consultancy Knight Frank.

6.30am
Welcome to Monday’s live blog. In the latest news:

• The number of people who have died with coronavirus at hospitals in the Bristol area has risen to 40.
• Prime minister Boris Johnson was admitted to a London hospital on Sunday for tests, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus. It is said to be a “precautionary step” taken on the advice of his doctor.
• The Queen addressed the nation from Windsor Castle on Sunday evening, saying that the UK “will succeed” in its fight against the pandemic.
• Scotland’s chief medical officer, Dr Catherine Calderwood, has resigned after making two trips to her second home during the coronavirus lockdown.

Main photo by Ellie Pipe

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