Expanded coronavirus testing for essential workers will be available in Scotland “very soon”, Nicola Sturgeon insisted.
16.04.2020 - 22:31 / hollywoodreporter.com
The British government announced Thursday that a nationwide lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the new coronavirus will remain in place for at least three more weeks, as health officials said the U.K.'s coronavirus outbreak — one of Europe's worst — was nearing its peak. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said, "Any change to our social distancing measures now would risk a significant increase in the spread of the virus." The lockdown has been in place since March 23.
Expanded coronavirus testing for essential workers will be available in Scotland “very soon”, Nicola Sturgeon insisted.
The government has told local councils to keep parks and graveyards open during the coronavirus pandemic.
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"We still don't have the infection rate down as far as we need to"
The government has announced the UK coronavirus lockdown will be extended for at least another three weeks.
Lockdown across the UK has been extended by at least another three weeks, it was confirmed tonight.