Calls for care home equipment must be heard. But they mustn’t be allowed to panic residents and loved ones.

Sending PPE to residences around the country must be done as soon as possible. Calling people “lambs to the slaughter” does not help, though.

When the virus crisis is over, we will have to look at what the NHS can learn from Germany

The West Germans realised, when they set up their health system, that there had to be an entrenched place for competition between different providers.

Luke Evans: What I learnt from my own experience in intensive care with pneumonia about goals and setbacks

I’ve faith that people are focused on that bigger picture, which drives reported levels of understanding and appreciation, if not necessarily popularity.

Ryan Bourne: What is the Government using the shutdown for?

Absent a clearly articulated strategy business uncertainty will heighten, and severe non-compliance is risked

Daniel Hannan: The abuse, outrage and viciousness is hurled overwhelmingly at those of us who back ending the lockdown

A common threat, especially in the form of a pathogen, flicks switches in our brains, making us less tolerant of dissent.

James Frayne: Public opinion on the lockdown is a rapidly ticking timebomb

If employers consider themselves to be heading for catastrophe, it suggests that the wider public will catch up before too long.

We need the Commons back urgently – and if that means a Virtual Parliament, then so be it.

The date at which lockdown should end is debatable.  That MPs and peers should be debating it is not.

Lord Ashcroft: Why our wonderful NHS should be awarded a collective George Cross

My open letter to the Prime Minister proposes the award to recognise the astonishing efforts of those working for our healthcare system.

A reminder from Johnson’s broadcast. The lockdown won’t end until the NHS can cope with a second wave.

The Government’s main aim to date has been to ensure that it can take the strain – and his remarkable statement shows that this is unlikely to change.

WATCH: “The NHS has saved my life – no question.” The Prime Minister has left hospital. Here is his broadcast.

“The efforts of millions of people across this country to stay home are worth it. Together we will overcome this challenge.”

WATCH: Hancock – “Today marks a sombre day”

“The fact that over 10,000 people have now lost their lives to this invisible killer demonstrates just how serious Coronavirus is.”

Lockdown can’t last forever, but it is necessary

Unless you think the projected caseload was wrong by an order of magnitude, it was the only way to buy time.

The Coronavirus Easter

Those who argue that the virus isn’t a serious problem and that the lockdown was unnecessary have more brains than sense.

Ed McGuinness: We must harness this new community spirit to ease the burdens on the NHS

Our safety net is worn and fragile because it carries too many of the burdens that used to be shared with the little platoons of civil society.

John Redwood: The Government should support businesses through lockdown. But ensure a return to normality too.

Despite help being set out for companies during the pandemic, there have been issues with the implementation of schemes. Ministers must keep an eye on this.