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Coronavirus: UK to ban mass gatherings next week
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- Update Time : Saturday, March 14, 2020
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Shawdesh Desk:
Mass gatherings could be banned in the UK from as early as next weekend amid the outbreak of coronavirus.
A government source said ministers are drawing up plans for the move – to ease pressure on emergency services.
Scores of major sporting and cultural events have already been cancelled across the country in response to the pandemic.
In total, 11 people have died with the virus in the UK, while the number of confirmed cases rose to 798 on Friday.
It is understood that ministers are working with the government’s chief scientific adviser and chief medical adviser on plans to stop various types of public events.
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