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Coronavirus: 20,000 former NHS staff return to fight virus, PM says NewsColony Image copyright PA Media Image caption Boris Johnson tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week Some 20,000 former NHS staff have returned to work to help the fight against coronavirus, Boris Johnson has revealed in a video posted online. The prime minister, who is self-isolating after testing positive for the virus, said the country would get through the crisis “together”. It comes after England’s deputy chief medical officer said it could be six months before life in the UK returns to “normal” . The UK death toll has reached 1,228. Among those to have died with the virus is Amged El-Hawrani , a 55-year-old doctor and ear, nose and throat trainer at Queen’s Hospital Burton. And last week an organ transplant consultant died after testing positive for the virus. In the video, which the prime minister posted on Twitter , Mr Johnson chose to contradict his Conservative predecessor Margaret T...