5616 x 3744 px | 47,5 x 31,7 cm | 18,7 x 12,5 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
4 maggio 2020
Ubicazione:
Gallagher Retail Park, Loampit Vale, Lewisham SE13 7SD
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The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread to the United Kingdom in late January 2020. The Department of Health and Social Care immediately launched a public health information campaign to help slow the virus's spread, and began posting daily updates. In February, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, introduced the Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020, and hospitals set up drive-through screening centres. The Chief Medical Officer for England, Chris Whitty, outlined a four-pronged strategy to tackle the outbreak: contain, delay, research and mitigate. Transmission within the UK was first documented on 28 February. By 1 March, there were cases in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The government unveiled the Coronavirus Action Plan, and declared the outbreak a "level 4 incident". On 11 March, the outbreak was declared a pandemic Four days later—following the outbreak in Italy, and based on forecasting by epidemiologists at Imperial College London, —the government said everyone should avoid all "non-essential" travel and contact with others, avoid crowds, and work from home if possible. Those with symptoms, and their household, were asked to self-isolate. Pregnant women, people over 70, and those with certain health conditions were asked to self-isolate for longer. Panic buying was reported. On 20 March, the governments shut all schools, restaurants, pubs, indoor entertainment venues and leisure centres, with some exceptions. On 23 March, the government imposed a lockdown on the whole population, banning all "non-essential" travel and contact with people outside one's home (including family and partners), and shutting almost all businesses, venues, facilities, amenities and places of worship. People were told to keep apart in public. Police were given power to enforce the lockdown, and the Coronavirus Act 2020 gave the government emergency powers