Boris Johnson has announced a series of wide-ranging measures to tackle the UK’s coronavirus outbreak.
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Boris Johnson has stunned millions of Britons with a momentous and tough lockdown announcement to tackle coronavirus, warning people to stay at home or face a fine.
On the face of it, the prime minister’s stay at home order to the nation is a robust new approach, encompassing the most extraordinary restrictions.
Britons who are currently travelling abroad are being urged to return to the UK now.
A woman has been arrested after a seven-year-old girl was stabbed to death in a “totally unprovoked and random attack” in a park in Greater Manchester.
Londoners have been starkly warned “people will die” if they continue to ignore advice to stay at home in an attempt to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
An 18-year-old is understood to have become the youngest person to die in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus.
Boris Johnson has said “further measures” may be necessary to prevent the spread of coronavirus if people do not stay two metres apart – including in the open air.
A 36-year-old NHS nurse, with no underlying health issues, is fighting for her life in hospital after contracting coronavirus.
The health secretary has said 4,500 retired healthcare workers have signed up to help battle the coronavirus outbreak in the UK.