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Government orders Brits to stay home this weekend and says 'it's not a request'

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock has ordered Brits to stay home as the weekend forecast brings sunshine, warning it's not a request - "it's an instruction".

It comes as as the UK's death toll earlier increased to 3,605, Britain suffered its deadliest day yet with 684 people dying from coronavirus in 24 hours. "The disease is still spreading and we absolutely cannot afford to relax the social distancing measures we have in place. “We cannot relax our discipline now.

If we do, people will die. “This advice is not a request. It is an instruction. Stay at home, protect lives, and then you will be doing your part.” The death toll now stands at 3,605 with 38,168 people having tested positive for the disease, the Department of Health has

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