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Queen Elizabeth's addresses the United Kingdom on coronavirus outbreak

Britain's Queen Elizabeth visits the new premises of the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals in London, Britain. [Reuters]

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth made a highly rare broadcast to her nation on Sunday to rally the public in the face of the coronavirus outbreak.

Here is the text of the 93-year-old monarch’s address, only the fifth special televised broadcast she has made during her reign, the longest in British history.

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