By Greg Evans
West End Facing Shutdown as U.K. Government Urges Theaters to Close
16.03.2020 - 22:35 / hollywoodreporter.com
The U.K. government has urged all theaters to close as part of ramped up efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
The news was announced Monday amid escalating cases and deaths in the country, which experts have argued is just weeks behind Italy, Europe's worst affected nation. In the first of his daily coronavirus press briefings, prime minister Boris Johnson said it was time everybody in the U.K.
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breakingnews.ie
16.03.2020 / 23:03
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16.03.2020 / 22:13
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variety.com
16.03.2020 / 20:25
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nypost.com
16.03.2020 / 18:07
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