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On Tuesday, Metropolitan Police officers were called to Shepherd’s Bush, London to break up large crowds who were sunbathing on the green, despite the Government's direction to stay at home during the coronavirus crisis. From a police van, an officer said: “You can't stay on the green, can you all go home.

“Can you all go home please this is not a holiday, it's a lockdown, which means you don't just come here and sunbathe. “Please just leave.” At the time of writing the official death toll in the UK is 422, as a record number of 87 people died in one day, as the virus is believed to have spread to the UK during mid-January, according to a new model by Oxford University. This could potentially indicate that many people have already been exposed to the virus and gained immunity. READ MORE: Coronavirus latest: Tory MP warns UK prisoners could be released early

Coronavirus London: Met Police officers tell sunbathing Londoners to go home

Coronavirus London: Police officers enforcing the lockdown in London

Dr Sunetra Gupta, professor of theoretical epidemiology who lead the study, has said that there is still testing that needs to be done. She said: “We need immediately to begin large-scale serological surveys – antibody testing – to assess what stage of the epidemic we are in now.” It comes as the UK has seen the number of deaths increase almost six-fold in a week with 71 fatalities recorded last week. The Mail Online has said that the true size of the outbreak could be around “400,000” infected, as the “Government have hidden the scale of the outbreak, as many have not been tested".

At this difficult time for frontline doctors and nurses, sign up here to show your support now to our brave NHS Heroes. A drive was launched on Tuesday by Health Secretary Matt Hancock to call in a 250,000 strong “volunteer army” to assist the NHS and stop it being overwhelmed during the pandemic. A new hospital, the NHS Nightingale has also been launched at the Excel Centre in London. Mr Hancock said: "We are seeking a quarter of a million volunteers, people in good health, to help the NHS, for shopping, for delivery of medicines and to support those who are shielded to protect their own health. "The NHS responders is a new scheme set up so that people can come and help and make sure the NHS and the local services that are needed can get all the support that they can." Mr Hancock also stressed that Boris Johnson lockdown regulations are “rules not requests.” DON'T MISS:

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Coronavirus London: Met Police shouted from a van to go home as Londoners sunbathed in a park

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