All people in the UK should avoid pubs, clubs and theatres, stop all non-essential contact and travel, and work from home if they can, Boris Johnson has said.
The Prime Minister set out the need for “drastic action” to tackle the “fast growth” of coronavirus across the UK as increased social distancing measures are introduced for the population.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told a briefing at the Scottish Government headquarters in Edinburgh that the new measures being brought in across the UK to tackle the spread of coronavirus would “change life as we know it”.
“We are all in this together. If we do the right things, if we all follow the advice that is being given we can get through this and we will get through this.”
Nicola Sturgeon
“What we are asking people now to do will significantly and substantially change life as we know it for a significant period of time,” she said.
“We are all in this together. If we do the right things, if we all follow the advice that is being given we can get through this and we will get through this.”
The advice has also been reiterated by First Minister in a briefing in Edinburgh following the latest meeting of the Cobra committee.
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