BREAKING- CORONAVIRUS: BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON SHUTS DOWN THE UK FROM TONIGHT

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson a few minutes ago gave a public address on measures to adopt to curb the spread of COVID19 in the UK.

In the address, he essentially banned all public gatherings of up to two persons and asked all Britons and residents to stay at home except those whose jobs are essential duties.

He listed reasons why people could be allowed to leave their homes as follows:

1. Shopping for essential commodities like food and medication

2. Exercises like taking a walk or jogging

3. Going out to provide health care

4. Going to work (essential duties only)

''Shops selling non-essential items, playgrounds, libraries and places of worship will be closed. People will be allowed out of their homes only to buy essentials, take one form of exercise a day, travel to work if it can’t be avoided, for medical care, or to help a vulnerable person. The government will review the measures after three weeks to see if they can be relaxed''

The Prime Minister added that Police will be on ground to enforce these rules through fines (if necessary) dispersion of gatherings, insisting that people "must stay at home".

In his words: "From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction -- you must stay at home. Because the critical thing we must do is stop the disease spreading between households." “Without a huge national effort to halt the growth of this virus, there will come a moment when no health service in the world could possibly cope,”