prime minister Boris Johnson now catches up with many other countries and imposes stricter measures in the fight against Corona virus and its spread. In a TV speech, he emphasized the importance of containing the disease and staying at home as much as possible.
He mentioned specific points that the population should now follow. You should only leave your home for these ways:
- Necessary Food go shopping, but as rarely as possible
- Exercise outside once a day, alone or only with people from your own household
- Medical needs or to help others
- To drive to work, but only when home office is not possible
Speech to the nation
“From tonight onwards I have to give the British people a simple order: they have to stay at home,” said Johnson. All stores except grocery stores and Pharmacies, are closed with immediate effect. Sports activities are only allowed once a day and only together with members of the same household. Otherwise, the house should only be used for the purchase of essential things like Food and medication and to be left for commuting, said Johnson. Meetings of more than two people are no longer allowed and will be attended by the police dissolved.
At the weekend, countless Britons had used the beautiful weather for trips to urban parks and recreation areas – too many to be able to keep the necessary distance. The BBC television still showed pictures of crowded subways in Monday London.
The number of deaths from that of Corona virus lung disease Covid-19 in Great Britain rose on Monday to 335th critics of the government have long been calling for stricter measures to contain the outbreak. They fear, Great Britain could be hit harder than Italy, the chronically underfunded NHS should collapse under the burden of the epidemic. But the government resisted harsher measures for a long time.
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