A platform of the Bank Underground tube station, that would normally be very busy with commuters in London, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The highly contagious COVID-19 coronavirus can cause mild symptoms, but for some it can cause severe illness including pneumonia and requiring hospital admission..(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
March 24, 2020
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March 24, 2020 5:16 p.m.
UK clamps down to fight virus, but confusion still reigns
LONDON (AP) — Confusion rippled through Britain on Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered a three-week halt to all non-essential activity to fight the spread of the new coronavirus.