COVID-19: UK Closes Bars, Nightclubs, Cafes, Leisure Centres

Britain on Friday announced tougher restrictions to fight the coronavirus outbreak, telling cafes, pubs, bars, restaurants, nightclubs, theatres and leisure centres to close. Advertisement … Continue reading COVID-19: UK Closes Bars, Nightclubs, Cafes, Leisure Centres

By Emmanuel Egobiambu

Updated March 20, 2020

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at a news conference addressing the government’s response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London on March 12, 2020. Britain on Thursday said up to 10,000 people in the UK could be infected with the novel coronavirus COVID-19, as it announced new measures to slow the spread of the pandemic. SIMON DAWSON / POOL / AFP

File: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at a news conference addressing the government’s response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London on March 12, 2020. SIMON DAWSON / POOL / AFP

Britain on Friday announced tougher restrictions to fight the coronavirus outbreak, telling cafes, pubs, bars, restaurants, nightclubs, theatres and leisure centres to close.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said they should shut “as soon as they reasonably can” from Friday night and not reopen on Saturday, but said takeout services would still be allowed.