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A queue of people wait outside Sainsbury's supermarket in front of a Coronavirus information display as National Health Service staff and social care workers who show their NHS ID are allowed into a branch of Sainsbury's supermarket 30 minutes before other customers who are made to wait outside the store, at the start of stores trading day in Kingston Upon Thames, south west London, Monday, March 23, 2020. This is to help NHS staff many of whom work shift patterns to buy food and other essentials, as they treat a rising number of Covid-19 patients, the supermarket chain will run this ongoing service Monday to Saturday, throughout Britain. Other supermarket chains are doing similar services for NHS staff. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. These people are not members of the NHS staff and wait in line for the store to let them enter at the correct time.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

A queue of people wait outside Sainsbury's supermarket in front of a Coronavirus information display as National Health Service staff and social care workers who show their NHS ID are allowed into a branch of Sainsbury's supermarket 30 minutes before other customers who are made to wait outside the store, at the start of stores trading day in Kingston Upon Thames, south west London, Monday, March 23, 2020. This is to help NHS staff many of whom work shift patterns to buy foo…

March 23, 2020

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'Stay at home': UK's Johnson ramps up response to virus
March 23, 2020 8:16 p.m.

'Stay at home': UK's Johnson ramps up response to virus

LONDON (AP) — Britain has become the latest European country to go into effective lockdown to deal with the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday sweeping curbs on everyday activity including the banning of any gatherings of more than two people who do not live together.