Coronavirus: Disease Control

(asked on 9th March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ban gatherings of over 1,000 people in the UK as a result of COVID-19.


Answered by
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Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 23rd March 2020

The Government have now put measures in place that recommend against all non-essential travel and mass gatherings, additionally the enforced closure of schools. businesses and other venues commenced on 20 March, with previous social distancing and sheltering advice updated as of 22 March.

Our approach has been, and will continue to be, guided by the evidence and latest advice from medical experts, including the Chief Medical Officer.

It is absolutely critical in managing the spread of this virus that we take the right decisions at the right time based on the latest and best evidence.

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