Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick warns that asking people to stay at home 'isn't a game' and refuses to rule out tougher action.
"But this isn't a game, this is very serious; People need to follow that advice.
Mr Jenrick stressed most people could continue to go out for walks, enjoy the countryside and take children to playgrounds, but warned them to"stay a couple of metres away from others".has warned the number of UK coronavirus cases is"stark" and"accelerating". Some 1.5 million people with specific health conditions who have been identified as being most at risk to coronavirus are being written to by the government to ask them to stay at home.
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