Coronavirus: UK orders closure of certain public places

Text by: Muriel Delcroix Follow

In the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has finally called for the closure of the main public places and to call on the British to stay at home as much as possible. After the schools were closed, it was a spectacular change in 24 hours from the British approach to the spectacular growth of the Covid-19.

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From our correspondent in London,

Cafes, pubs, restaurants, theaters, nightclubs, cinemas, gyms and even leisure centers: reluctantly Boris Johnson asked all these places to close their doors as soon as possible. But anticipating a movement of defiance in the face of these seismic measurements, the leader pleaded for collective responsibility.

" After hearing me, some people may be tempted to go out tonight and I want to tell them: please don't do anything about it." You think you are invincible but nothing says that you will have only mild symptoms besides that you can also infect others. I know that it is difficult and how much it goes against the instinct of the British freedom-loving, but we will cross this test, we will overcome this virus ", affirmed the British Prime Minister.

Its Minister of Economy, Rishi Sunak announced that the government would cover 80% of the salaries of the employees affected. Absolutely unprecedented support from a Conservative government, but which shows that Boris Johnson seems to have resolved to the inevitable

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