Piers Morgan tears into ministers for failing to say WHY we can’t test thousands for coronavirus like Germany does

The Good Morning Britain host lost his temper with Robert Jenrick, who couldn't explain why the UK wasn't able to get 500,000 tests done like other countries have managed.

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Ministers have promised to "ramp up" testing to 15,000 a day by the end of the week, and 25,000 a day by the middle of April.

But at the moment just under 10,000 tests are being done a day, as a furious row broke out over who is to blame.

The PM faces mounting fury as thousands of NHS workers are still being forced to self-isolate at home as the peak approaches, because they don't yet know if they've caught the virus.

As of this afternoon there are now 29,474 confirmed cases with 2,392 deaths in the UK.

The news comes as coronavirus risk was labelled "moderate" by Government advisers just five weeks ago.

Experts on a Government committee did not think there needed to be a higher level of risk just over a month before the deadly virus infected tens of thousands of Brits.

Last night a 13-year-old boy in London became the youngest victim of the coronavirus in the country.

Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, from Brixton, South West London, was rushed to King's College Hospital in London after suffering breathing difficulties.

The boy's family said he passed away on Monday morning without his mum or six siblings by his side due to the contagiousness of the disease.

A statement released on GoFund Me said: "Ismail started showing symptoms and had difficulties breathing and was admitted to Kings College Hospital.

"He was put on a ventilator and then put into an induced coma but sadly died yesterday morning.

"To our knowledge he had no underlying health conditions. We are beyond devastated."