Moving into line with others to a large degree as far as I can tell. Still sketchy on tackling business / economic impacts, and in particular on vulnerable individuals in the labour market. But definitely good to have such televised press conferences.
Questions: If you are expecting a household to be isolated for 14 days are you asking all households to have 14 days supply of provisions? Does Londoners working from home if non-essential extend to the civil service and indeed Parliamentary staff?
"This is a significant period of time" is probably the most important part of the announcement. Rest of March and all of April at the very least we have to suspect.
And Johnson's closing statement shows some recognition of the gravity of the situation.
And Johnson's closing statement shows some recognition of the gravity of the situation.
This though is a very strong case for the prosecution against the government. We need to hear more about the economic impact, the mitigations, etc asap.
