British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stepped up the response to the coronavirus outbreak advising people with even mild symptoms to stay at home for at least seven days to help slow the spread of the virus
LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Thursday that many more families would see their loved ones die from coronavirus, as the government’s chief scientific adviser said Britain likely has as many as 10,000 people infected.
“It’s going to spread further,” Johnson said at a news conference, flanked by the government’s top scientific and medical advisers. Britain’s FTSE 100 was down 10.9%, its worst one-day performance since 1987. Sterling fell three cents against the dollar, the biggest fall since the 2016 vote to leave the EU.The British government has faced questions over why it is not taking the more far-reaching measures seen in many other countries. Johnson defended his approach, saying the government was following scientific advice and would “do the right thing at the right time”.
“If you calculate what that really means in terms of the total number, it is much more likely that you have somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 people infected at the moment.” The British plan for dealing with the outbreak has three main phases - containment, delay and mitigation.
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