Boris Johnson announces tough lockdown measures to tackle coronavirus
Explaining why he has taken such strong action, Mr Johnson said:"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; because there won't be enough ventilators, enough intensive care beds, enough doctors and nurses.
"I know the damage that this disruption is doing and will do to people's lives, to their businesses and to their jobs. "With the time you buy - by simply staying at home - we are increasing our stocks of equipment, we are accelerating our search for treatments, we are pioneering work on a vaccine, and we are buying millions of testing kits that will enable us to turn the tide on this invisible killer."And he concluded:"I want to thank everyone who is working flat out to beat the virus.
He carried out his threat after chairing a top level COBRA meeting of senior ministers, medical advisers and scientists - conducted via video conference to avoid risk - as he addressed TV viewers directly from inside 10 Downing Street.
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