The prime minister ordered cafes, pubs, bars and restaurants to shut across the UK.
Boris Johnson has ordered the public to “stay at home” as he set out draconian new measures to fight the spread of coronavirus.
Nightclubs, theatres, cinemas, gyms and leisure centres have also been told to close.
He said at his daily coronavirus press conference in Downing Street: “You may be tempted to go out tonight and I say to you: please don’t.
“You may think that you are invincible – but there is no guarantee that you will get mild symptoms.
“But you can still be a carrier of the disease and pass it on.
“We want you as far as possible to stay at home. That’s how we can protect our NHS and save lives.”
Johnson said of the closures: “We need now to push down further on that curve of transmission between us.
“We are collectively telling – telling – cafes, pubs, bars and restaurants [as well as nightclubs, theatres, cinemas, gyms and leisure centres] to close tonight as soon as they reasonably can – and not to open tomorrow.”
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