UK lockdown: who can go out to work?

Only ‘key workers’ are permitted to travel to do their jobs - and only when ‘absolutely necessary’

Coronavirus testing site
A health worker at a drive-through coronavirus testing site in Wolverhampton
(Image credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson has ordered people across the UK to stay at home as part of strict new measures to curb the coronavirus outbreak.

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