Prime Minister Boris Johnson has enforced a thre week UK wide lockdown to tackle the spread of coronavirus.
Adderessing the country on nationwide television, Mr Johnson ordered people to stay at home for at least three weeks.
As of 8.30pm tonight (Monday) the government has declared that people will only be allowed to leave their homes for limited reasons, including;
- Shopping for basic necessities
- Exercising once a day - including running, walking, or cycling alone or with members of your own household
- Medical reasons, to provide care or to help a vulnerable person
- Travelling to and from your place of work, but only where absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home.
To ensure compliance with the instructions, the following measures are being intorduced;
- All gatherings of more than two people in public, excluding people you live with are to stop
- All shops selling non-essential goods, including clothing and electronic stores will close
- Libraries, playgrounds and outdoor gyms, and places of worship are also to close
- All social events are cancelled, including weddings, baptisms and other ceremonies, excluding funerals
- Parks will remain open for exercise but gatherings of more than two people will be dispersed
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon addressed the nation a short time later, in which she echoed the Prime Minister's call and said that funeral services should be restricted to immediate family members only.
Ms Sturgeon said: "These measures are essential for the protection of all of us."
