Within the next “72 hours or less,” New York and Seattle should expect Army field hospitals to arrive in their cities and start setting up, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley said. Each has 248 beds, of which 48 are ICU beds, and 11 ventilators.
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With immediate effect, the public is being instructed by the prime minister to stay at home. The only exceptions are: shopping for basic necessities; one form of exercise a day; any medical need; and, for the designated key workers, traveling to and from work. If they don't follow the rules, police will have the power to enforce the rules by dispersing gatherings and fines.
Johnson's reluctance to tell others what to do goes beyond gags about drinks. In the same column, he made reference to the Iraq war — and attacked the government of the time who"decided, from a position of such ignorance, that the best way to help Iraq was to kill so many of its people."
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