Citizens will only be allowed outside to shop for food and medicine, for one form of exercise a day, and to travel to work if necessary from tonight (March 23) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced strict coronavirus lockdown measures for the country in a new speech.
In a TV address from inside 10 Downing Street, Johnson revealed that from tonight (March 23), citizens must stay at home except to shop for food and medicine, for only one form of exercise per day, and to travel to and from essential workplaces.
Public gatherings of more than two people who do not live together will be prohibited, and the police have the power to shut down such gatherings, either through fines or forcibly dispersing gatherings.