BREAKING: UK coronavirus death toll hits 335 after 6,650 test positive
faces growing calls to ramp up lockdown measures across the UK amid worrying pictures of commuters squeezing into packed Tube trains this morning.
Passengers squeeze on to a busy Central Line train at Stratford station, east London, despite government warnings to stay two metres apart Matt Hancock said Britons who do not stay two metres apart were ‘very selfish’ and said the Government was willing to take ‘more action’ if needed to stop coronavirus from spreading.Over the weekend, more photos emerged showing crowds of people visiting open spaces across many parts of the UK.
‘It’s very selfish,’ Mr Hancock said. ‘The NHS is doing everything it can and preparing for the spread of this virus.‘If people go within two metres of others who they don’t live with then they’re helping to spread the virus – and the consequences of that costs lives and it means that, for everyone, this will go on for longer.’
‘This isn’t the sort of thing I ever wanted to do but it is the sort of thing as a nation we have to be prepared to see to stop this virus. These are unpleasant and very difficult times.’The Government has confirmed that all major hospitals have received deliveries of personal protective equipment needed by frontline staff and that a hotline has been set up for NHS workers to ring if there are shortages in their area.
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