Prime Minister Announces People Must Stay in their homes
Boris Johnson says people should not be meeting their friends - and if they are asked to meet up, they should say no.
People should not meet family members outside their home, he says, or go shopping for anything except for essentials like food or medicine.
"If you don’t follow the rules the police will have the powers to enforce them, including through fines and dispersing gatherings," he adds.
Restrictions placed on when people can leave home
Boris Johnson has just announced a raft of restrictions people in the UK are being urged to follow.
From tonight, people will be allowed to leave their homes for:
shopping for basic necessities, as infrequently as possible
one form of exercise a day - for example a run, walk, or cycle, alone or with members of their household;
any medical need, to provide care or to help a vulnerable person;
travelling to and from work, but only where it is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home
This is not a lockdown, but it's as close as you can get to one without it being called a lockdown.
