A male uses a protective mask as he strolls into Oxford Circus underground station in London, Britain March 13,2020 REUTERS/Simon Dawson
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government will ban mass gatherings from next week in an attempt to suppress the coronavirus outbreak, an escalation of its crisis plan which critics had said was too relaxed.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has actually up until now withstood pressure to take some of the rigid steps embraced by other European nations to slow the spread of the infection.
” Ministers are working with the chief scientific advisor and