A homeless single mum living in one room at a Bed & Breakfast with her three children has said lockdown for her family is "unbearable".
Diane Birkby, from Leeds, found herself homeless - just as millions were settling into their new 'stay at home' lifetsyle in align with government advice to stop the spread of coronavirus.
With three young children, one of them vulnerable and in need of total shielding, Diana turned local charities to help.
Now, staying at B&B, Diane said she is simply trying to do the best she can for her family - in incredibly difficult circumstances.
She told Sky News: "You can't keep a three-year-old in one room for more than 48 hours, but it's so risky for her to go out - and I'm trying to keep noise levels down all the time in case managers want you out.
"It's just unberable.
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"Nobody knows how long this will last and how long we are in lockdown for, but you are still trying to do your best and provide for them [children] the best way you can - but I couldn't do that, I couldn't provide a roof or stability but at the end of the day, I tried."
Diane urged parents who find themselves in similar situations to reach out to local charities and ask for support.
It comes after Dominic Raab is set to expected to extend the UK lockdown for another three weeks.
The Foreign Secretary said the UK was still not "past the peak of the virus" and added that "we don't expect to make any changes to the measures currently in place" after scientific advisory group (SAGE) meets later this week.
It's believed Mr Raab will brief the country on Thursday about extending the lockdown for another three weeks.
According to polls 74% of the public favour a cautious approach to lifting the lockdown, The Times reports.
Public opinion is heavily in favour of preventing the virus spreading, even if it causes economic damage - although 13% want to get people back to work, even if it means there are more Covid-19 cases.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation says lockdown restrictions should be lifted slowly and not “all at once” to avoid a resurgence of the virus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned.
WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said stringent rules can only be relaxed if appropriate measures are in place, including “significant” capacity for contact tracing, used to track infections and attempt to stop their spread.
The latest lockdown predictions come as calls from NHS frontline workers asking for more PPE continue.
At least 35 NHS staff have lost their lives while fighting coronavirus on the frontline.
Chris Hopson, Chief Executive of the NHS Trust said: “The problem is that the flow of gowns into the country is somewhat erratic.
“And there are two or three reasons for that. The first is, that for reasons one would understand, the Chinese are wanting to test equipment before it arrives.
“The second is there have been some instances of when boxes of what were meant to be gowns, and were labelled as gowns have arrived, but they have got masks.
“No trust, as far as I’m aware, has actually run out but some of the stocks are very low.
“If everything had been flowing exactly as had been ordered and if all of the material had properly passed its safety test, there would not be an issue. This is all really hand-to-mouth in terms of gown delivery, and we need to get to a more sustainable supply.”
