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Anonymous A&E consultant audio diary: Day 3
On Friday 20 March, as NHS workers began to see the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on their wards, 鈥楧r Al鈥�, an A&E consultant from Manchester, called 麻豆社 Radio 5 Live presenter Stephen Nolan to plead with the British public to heed the government鈥檚 advice to stay at home.
'Dr Al' used an assumed name in order to protect his identity, which means he was able to provide a frank account of the severity of the situation.
He鈥檚 agreed to record an audio-diary throughout the crisis. In his third entry, recorded after his shift on Wednesday 25 March, he explains why he feels the peak of the virus is nearer than he thought.
