Newspaper headlines: 'Fears' for ill PM and Queen's 'message of hope' By BBC News

Staff Published duration 6 April

image copyright 10 Downing Street image caption Prime Minister Boris Johnson was last seen in public joining the applause for NHS and care workers

Boris Johnson's admission to hospital prompted a number of papers to update their front pages overnight, knocking the Queen's address to the nation out of the top headlines.

The Daily Telegraph says the statement from Downing Street was "unexpected" , coming just hours after ministers insisted there'd been no change in his condition.

According to the paper, some members of the cabinet have privately "expressed concern" over whether Mr Johnson can still run the government, despite official assurances that he remains in charge.

One minister is said to have told a fellow MP that the Prime Minister is "having to sleep and rest a lot" because of his high temperature.

The paper claims it was told last week that Mr Johnson was "more seriously ill than either he or his senior officials were prepared to admit".

A number of papers carry a photograph of staff at the Princess Alexandra hospital in Essex paying tribute to 54-year-old Lynsay Coventry - the first NHS midwife confirmed to have died from coronavirus in England.

Lining the sides of a hospital corridor, still wearing their surgical masks, staff fell silent to remember a dedicated colleague , who'd helped hundreds of women bring their babies into the world, the Daily Mail says.

image copyright AFP image caption A family in Hampshire watch the Queen's TV address on the coronavirus outbreak

The Guardian reports on a warning from scientists that antibody testing kits, hailed by Boris Johnson as a "game changer" in the fight against coronavirus, could in fact be "unreliable".

It was hoped the kits, resembling pregnancy tests, would allow people who have had the virus to return to the workplace - but the paper says experts now think they may fail to detect up to half of coronavirus cases.

One of the scientists involved has told the paper that the sensitivity of all the tests on the market was "relatively low" for people with mild symptoms - the exact group the tests were intended for.

During his daily briefing at the White House, the Times says Mr Trump appeared to admit that he was speaking only on gut instinct - acknowledging he had no expertise and appearing to stop medical experts answering questions about the use of the unproven drug.

Yet again, says the Post, the President is "projecting a level of confidence" not matched by his scientific advisors.

'We will meet again'

Back in the UK, almost all of the front pages carry a photograph of the Queen, delivering her address to the nation from Windsor Castle.

For the Daily Mail, the historic address evoked memories of Vera Lynn and "Britain's Blitz spirit".