On the morning of March 2nd, local time, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a "Cobra" -level cabinet emergency security meeting at the Prime Minister's House. In addition to the relevant cabinet ministers, the participants included the heads of the UK's CDC and medical experts.
The meeting focused on the response to the new crown virus epidemic in the future, including whether large-scale assemblies will be restricted, whether affected schools and enterprises should be suspended and closed, and so on. At the end of the meeting, the British government did not announce the details of the emergency meeting. The British Prime Minister has been criticized for holding the emergency meeting until Monday.
Labour ’s shadow health minister said in an interview that morning that the Labour Party hopes that when the threat to the public from the epidemic rises to a certain level, some parts of the UK may be closed. Labour hopes that the British government will further increase the transparency of the response.
Just this past weekend, confirmed cases have been found in four administrative regions including Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales in the United Kingdom. The number of people increased by 13 a day on Sunday, accounting for more than one-third of the total number of diagnoses. Monday ( On the 2nd, the latest statistics from the British Health Department are that the total number of confirmed cases has reached 40, of which 2 are new cases. (Mainland reporter Kong Linlin)