Coronavirus: UK advice ‘may change soon’ as Italy goes into full lockdown

UK chief medical officer says people may be asked to self-isolate within 10 to 14 days from now

Boris Johnson with Chris Whitty, left, the UK’s chief medical officer, and Patrick Vallance, the chief scientific adviser
(L to R) England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty, Boris Johnson and Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance
(Image credit: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson said yesterday the government may soon ask people with even mild symptoms of respiratory infections to stay at home, hours before Italy was placed under lockdown as the authorities there struggled to contain the worst outbreak of coronavirus outside China.

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