London
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Area | 1,572 km² |
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Elevation | 11 m |
Population | 8. 136 million (2011) |
Local time | Sunday 1:41 PM |
Thursday 11:09 | |
Weather | 11°C, Wind W at 10 m/s, 49% Humidity |
Colleges and universities | Imperial College London |
Did you know | London is the third-most-populous European city by population within city limits (9,126,366). |
Current weather | Weather data |
Location statistical region population | Eurostat |
Sports teams | Chelsea F.C. |
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. | |
Arsenal F.C. | |
Neighborhoods | Finsbury Park |
Elephant and Castle | |
Chiswick | |
Attractions | The British Museum |
Tower of London | |
Natural History Museum | |
Buckingham Palace | |
Universities | University of London |
Imperial College London | |
London Metropolitan University | |
University of West London | |
Metro | London Metropolitan Area |
Upcoming events | Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Centre |
Elev | 11 m |
Local govern district | 32 London boroughs; and the City of London |
Regions | London (Greater London) |
Settl by roman | AD 47; 1977 years ago; as Londinium |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Age | About 1,977 years |
Founded | 47 AD |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 568212 |
About London
London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom, is a 21st-century city with history stretching back to Roman times. At its centre stand the imposing Houses of Parliament, the iconic ‘Big Ben’ clock tower and Westminster Abbey, site of British monarch coronations. Across the Thames River, the London Eye observation wheel provides panoramic views of the South Bank cultural complex, and the entire city. ― Google
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The First of the government's emergency hospitals for the treatment of coronavirus patients has opened in East London 's ExCel Centre .
The temporary NHS-Nightingale-hospital is able to keep up, as Many as 4000 patients and is The First of several such planned facilities in the whole of the UK.
The Number of people who have died of the coronavirus in the UK has increased from 684 in 24 hours
It Comes as The Queen of The Nation in a televised speech on Sunday.
The specially recorded speech about the Corona Virus outbreak is BST the broadcast at 20:00.
The Department of Health, said that as of 17:00 BST on 2. April, the cases total number of deaths, is now 3,605 of 2,921. There is 38,168 confirmed cases.
In Scotland The Number of deaths increased by 46, while in Wales, a further 24 people died. In NI, The Number of people who died with the coronavirus risen 12.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson , which he had announced, contracted The Virus Last Friday , according to the embodiment to display mild symptoms of The Virus , including a high temperature.
The ExCel-exhibition-Space - normally used for large events such as Comic-Con has been converted into a hospital in only Nine Days .
It is The First of several Nightingale hospitals planned in England , with the built two, at the University of The West of England in Bristol, and Harrogate Convention Centre .
Others Are Set Up due to that Are Complex in Manchester and Birmingham, the National Exhibition Centre ,
in the temporary hospitals - Many sports and leisure facilities, including Cardiff, the Principality of the stadium.
In Scotland, a temporary hospital is built, It could have served a capacity for more than 1,000 beds, and the name of the NHS Louisa Jordan, a nurse in Serbia during The First World War .
And the Belfast City Hospital Tower Block , with 230 beds.
Prince Charles officially opened the new hospital opened, with a message of tribute to NHS staff via video-link from his home on The Royal Balmoral estate in Scotland.
Speaking of which, after you diagnosed with The Virus , he called it "spectacular and almost unbelievable performance of work".
It shows "how The Impossible can be made possible and how we can achieve The Unthinkable by human will and ingenuity," he added, saying: "In this dark time, this place is a shining light. "
London , The Nightingale hospital has 500 beds in place, with Space for another 3,500. It is the care for patients with The Virus in intensive care, which have been transferred from other London hospitals.
staff from across the NHS, students, nurses, medical students, who started work early and former doctors, nurses and other employees who come out of retirement to work There .
officials, including health Secretary to Matt Hancock , had to rely on markings to effects of social distancing rules of The Prince of Wales sent a video message from his home in Scotland, where he is recovering from The Virus , Military Personnel , helped to build the 80 municipalities in the new hospitalAlso at The Ceremony were health Minister Matt Hancock , who also recently came out of quarantine after The Virus , England 's chief nursing officer, Ruth May, and The Head of the NHS Nightingale, Prof Charles Knight .
Mrs May said it was "absolutely fitting" that The Hospital was named after Florence Nightingale , the "iconic nursing leaders of their time" and as a "pioneer for infection control".
Mr Steiner said, the construction of The Hospital was "a testament to The Work and the splendor of the Many parties involved", and it showed the "Best Of the NHS".
"In these troubled times with this invisible killer is stalking the entire world, is the fact that in This Country we have the NHS is even more valuable than before," He Said .
'Like a Heathrow terminal full of beds'Bbc News correspondent Angus Crawford
There Are Many high-viz gave The West , But an equal amount of fights, and occasionally a suit and tie. Some had computers, other electric drills.
she pushed trolleys, blankets, pallets of wood and on wheels-hi-tech scanning equipment.
The selection of personnel for The Nightingale is exceptional. Military Personnel Are in small groups, discuss the logistics, while the rooms of the men speak Portuguese to build the new temporary pharmacy, a senior paramedic, design and standardization of each cabin with Space for a fan, and computer terminal outlets for oxygen, and the alarm-call button.
I've seen a Brand New hospital that could eventually largest in the Country - get out, from what two of the aircraft Hangars Are basically.
set the Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport , full of beds and you Are almost There .
A man engaged in the important task of Installation of liquid oxygen tanks, with dark rings around the eyes, told me proudly, she'd done a 12-week project in four days. It is an incredible achievement.
It was Charles celebrated by a Prince with a "lockdown" to cut a Royal visit and a virtual Band.
Earlier, in the midst of controversy over the roll-out of the Tests for Corona Virus in the UK, Mr Steiner said that the government had to do "a large amount of work" to be a target of 100,000 tests per day until The End of April.
the Following confusion about whether The Goal was only confirmed for England or for the whole of the United Kingdom, Mr Hancock , it was for the whole of the United Kingdom.
The 100,000 could include the two smear tests, which check whether someone has The Virus -and antibody blood tests, to check if someone had The Virus recently, But Not Yet fully used.
Mr Hancock said he was not in need of new antibody blood tests, in order to meet The Goal - and it was possible they could be samples all the spin-off. Labour has called for more detail on The Plan .
There was a capacity for 12,799 daily tests in England , were, however, tested only 11,764 people. The aim of the government until the middle of April had to test 25,000 per day.
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Source of news: bbc.com