Drops in referrals for cancer care, fewer A&E visits and rising rates of mental illness could take a huge toll.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this morning.

Six minicab drivers in London are thought to have died from the disease.

Tashan Daniel was stabbed on the London Underground while making his way to an Arsenal game.

Employees at homeware chain The Range say they are "terrified" of catching coronavirus.

Authorities say they are working "around the clock" to get people home but thousands are still waiting.

Police found the body of Baljit Singh in Hayes, west London, on Saturday night.

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London housing association Peabody has donated £100k to help small charities and grass-roots organisations provide critical support to vulnerable residents through the lockdown.

The donation, made through the Peabody Community Foundation, forms part of a £1m pledge to support charities and smaller organisations across the capital this year.

Peabody has also delivered over 2,600 food and support packages this month as part of a wide programme of support for Peabody residents.

A man has been jailed after he spat at police custody staff and lied about having Covid-19.

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Karan Singh, 23, of Homestead Way, Croydon, pleaded guilty at Croydon Crown Court to three counts of assault against an emergency worker, use of threatening, abusive, insulting words, as well as behaviour to cause harassment, alarm, distress and possession of cannabis.

He was sentenced to a total of eight months on Friday, 24 April.

The incidents took place on 14 March after patrol officers saw Singh sitting in his car in a driveway and stopped to question him after recognising him as being disqualified from driving.

After smelling cannabis they searched the car finding nine bags of the drug.

Singh was taken to a police station where he was aggressive and verbally abusive to the interviewing officers.

He spat directly into the custody sergeant’s face as officers tried to return him to a cell.

The custody sergeant had to go to hospital for checks and had some (none Covid-19 related) vaccines.

Supt Dan Knowles said: “Singh carrying out this vile act and then lying about having coronavirus was a deplorable thing to do and it caused a great deal of distress for the officers and staff who were just trying to do their job and keep London safe.

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Nando's has said it is reopening six of its UK restaurants for delivery from today.

The peri-peri chicken chain said it will reopen the kitchens of four restaurants in London to offer a delivery service through Deliveroo.

It comes after Nando's restarted cooking at these sites last week to serve food for NHS workers and charities.

The restaurant chain said it will offer deliveries from its Camberwell, Canary Jubilee, Clink Street and Gloucester Road sites in London.

Nando's said it will offer a reduced delivery menu from these sites, but will not be offering eat-in or collection services.

In a statement, Nando's said: "Each Nando's restaurant has been working under Public Health England guidelines for the past week on top of their existing health and safety procedures.

"Every member of the team has been washing their hands more frequently while maintaining social distance during shifts.

"After a successful trial re-opening serving meals to local good causes, they are now upping production to serve the public."

The company stressed that this is the "first phase" of its reopening plans but more restaurants could follow suit and open for deliveries if it is successful.

Nando's said that each restaurant will also continue to cook meals every shift for local charities and NHS workers.

David Gomoh, 24, was stabbed to death by group of men wearing masks seconds after leaving his home.

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Nearly 5,000 people have died from coronavirus in London hospitals, new figures reveal.

London recorded 88 new coronavirus deaths today, according to NHS data., external

Of these, 28 were at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, the worst hit trust in the capital. The cluster of eight hospitals has now recorded 465 deaths since the outbreak began.

Among the ten hospital trusts with the most recorded deaths, seven are in London.

These include:

• Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (430 deaths)
• King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (387)
• Barts Health NHS Trust (383)
• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trus (341)
• Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (334)
• Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (326)

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An eyewitness in Camden, north London, said she heard "several gunshots".

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Police have released CCTV images of a man brandishing a knife minutes before a victim in his 50s was stabbed in the stomach in a motiveless attack.

Footage shows a suspect waving the weapon around at a bus stop on the Brunel Estate in Westbourne Park, west London, at around 5.15 on 22 April.

Around 20 minutes later, emergency crews were called to treat a man who had got on to a bus asking for help. He remains in a critical condition in hospital.

Police believe he was attacked around 100 yards from where the suspected attacker was filmed with the knife.

Detective Chief Inspector Christina Jessah, of the Metropolitan Police, said: "We still really need to identify the man pictured and would urge anyone with information to contact us immediately.

"At this stage we don't know why the victim was stabbed and there is no obvious reason. But it was undoubtedly an awful attack and he remains in hospital fighting for his life.

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"Covid-19 is yet another obstacle in our fertility journey,"’ say some London women who are seeing their bid to become mothers halted indefinitely during the lockdown.

St George’s Hospital in Tooting is looking to recruit 150 volunteers in the next two weeks to test the safety of a coronavirus vaccine.

It will be the first time a vaccine against the coronavirus has been tested on people in the UK.

St George’s is just one of five sites across the UK hosting the trial, which has been designed and organised by the University of Oxford.

Professor Paul Heath, who is leading the study at St George’s, said: “In the first instance, we want to demonstrate whether this vaccine is safe and is effective at preventing coronavirus. If the vaccine passes those initial tests, it could then proceed to the next phase, where large numbers of doses are made, and the vaccine can be rolled out on a wider scale.

“The whole development process is being accelerated at the moment, and we hope that if this vaccine is found to work, it could be implemented within the UK and beyond as quickly as possible.”

The trial will be run by researchers at St George’s Vaccine Institute at St George’s, University of London, with the support of St George’s Hospital.

You must be currently living in the south London and Surrey border areas if you wish to take part in the trial at St George’s.

Volunteers will receive compensation for their time and travel. If you participate in the study until the end, you will receive a total payment of £235.

This first stage is to test the safety of the vaccine, before going on to test if it is effective in preventing coronavirus.

Volunteers will be adults aged between 18 and 55, in generally good health.

They must not have had the Covid-19 infection and must not be currently pregnant or breastfeeding.

The vaccine consists of a type of virus called an adenovirus, which has been deactivated and combined with a protein from the virus that causes Covid-19.

The adenovirus used in this vaccine typically affects chimpanzees, but is known to be harmless in healthy human populations.

The addition of the “spike protein” from the Covid-19 virus, is what the scientists hope will cause an immune response in participants, leading to the production of antibodies that can prevent future infections.

A murder investigation has been launched after a man found with stab injuries in Putney died.

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Police were called on 15 April to reports of a 42-year-old man with injuries in Huntingfield Road, south west London.

Ralph Gibson, 42, from Putney, was taken to hospital for treatment but died on Friday, police said.

A post mortem examination will take place in due course.

Three men arrested on suspicion of GBH have been bailed pending further enquiries.