Coronavirus UK: Heathrow boss demands mass airport screenings

The boss of Heathrow is urging ministers to introduce mass screening at airports, the Daily Mail can reveal. Passengers from the Holland America Line ship Zaandam walk through arrivals in Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport in London, after flying back on a repatriation flight from Florida The airport's boss John Holland-Kaye has written to the Health Secretary Matt Hancock to demand stringent regulations to combat coronavirus The concourse at Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport, London, is empty during the normally busy Easter getaway, as the UK continues in lockdown The demand for action from the head of Britain's biggest airport comes amid mounting anger over the total lack of checks and tests at the nation's airports – decried by one senior industry figure as a 'disaster'. In other developments to Britain's coronavirus crisis today: Britons ignored lockdown rules to flock to parks and beaches as temperatures hit 75°F - despite government pleas and warnings of fines; Huge queues built up outside B&Q stores and Five Guys burger restaurants as parts of Britain showed signs that they were getting back to work; Officials announced 616 more coronavirus victims - 37 per cent fewer than the 980 announced on April 10, the UK's darkest day of the crisis; Mr Hancock refused to bow to growing political pressure to set out how the British government will ease the lockdown, which was imposed 31 days ago on March 23; Nicola Sturgeon published a blueprint for how to lift restrictions in Scotland amid growing anger over ministers continuing to keep their strategy secret; British holidaymakers are facing a summer-long ban from Ibiza and Majorca due to the UK's delayed lockdown - despite the islands' plans to reopen to other nations in August; Two thirds of the public think the media is failing to hold ministers to account at the daily press conferences; Fury was sparked after a minister failed to apologise for a lack of PPE provided for NHS staff fighting to save lives from coronavirus; A new mother died from coronavirus in hospital without being able to cuddle her son who she had given birth to just days before. The tests will be done in one of five places: At one of 31 drive-through testing centres around the country, which have been positioned to try and make sure nobody is more than a 45 minute drive away from one At home - home testing kits will be available for some people NHS hospital - these are most likely to be reserved for NHS staff, because the health service will want to avoid encouraging people who might be infected but don't need emergency help to enter hospitals 'Satellite' testing - packages of testing kits are being sent to care homes so they can test residents without having to take them out of the home or send other people in Mobile testing units that have been developed by the Army may be sent out to high-demand locations such as care homes, police stations and prisons Test results, which must be returned from a laboratory, will be sent by text message within 48 hours or within 72 hours of a home test being collected. All NHS and social care staff, including volunteers and support workers Producers and distributors of drugs and PPE Workers in prisons, probation, courts, tribunals Religious staff, such as vicars, imams, rabbis and pastors Charities and workers delivering critical frontline services Workers managing the deceased, such as undertakers Journalists and broadcasters covering the coronavirus outbreak Media workers providing public service broadcasting Police officers and support staff, such as PCSOs Armed forces personnel, Ministry of Defence civilians and contractors Fire and rescue service employees, including support staff National Crime Agency staff, border security, and national security staff Workers looking after air, water, road and rail transport still operating Staff maintaining transport systems through which supply chains pass Education and childcare workers, including support and teaching staff Social workers and specialist education professionals Workers producing and distributing food, drink and essential goods Staff who sell and deliver food, drink and essential goods Medical supply chain and distribution workers, including vets Workers critical to the continuity of essential movement of goods Critical local and national government staff Public and environmental health staff, including in government agencies Local authority staff, including those working with vulnerable children and adults, with victims of domestic abuse, and with the homeless and rough sleepers Staff needed for financial services provision, such as bank workers Workers in the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors IT and data infrastructure sector workers Essential staff working in the civil nuclear, chemicals and telecomms Postal workers and staff working in delivery The exact wording of who classes as an essential worker can be found here.