LONDON, March 20 — The United Kingdom put 20,000 military personnel on standby over the coronavirus crisis yesterday as dozens of underground train stations closed across London and Queen Elizabeth left the city for Windsor Castle. As the coronavirus outbreak sweeps across the world, governments,...
Britain's Queen Elizabeth during a visit to the headquarters of MI5 in London, February 25, 2020. — Victoria Jones/PA Wire pool pic via Reuters
Against a background of panic buying in supermarkets and the biggest fall in sterling for decades, the 93-year-old queen issued a message to the nation as she relocated from central London to Windsor with her husband Prince Philip, who is 98. In a sign of escalating fears about the impact of the crisis, the Bank of England cut interest rates to just 0.1 per cent, its second emergency rate cut in just over a week, and promised an extra €200 billion of bond purchases.
“I believe that a combination of the measures that we're asking the public to take and better testing, scientific progress, will enable us to get on top of it within the next 12 weeks.” But asked about London later at his news conference, Johnson said compliance with the social distancing recommendations made by the government was patchy and it might be necessary to do more in the capital, although he did not specify what.
“People should not be travelling, by any means, unless they really, really have to,” London Mayor Sadiq Khan said.
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