The U.K. will begin banning mass gatherings to help combat the coronavirus outbreak as early as next week
LONDON — .
The move follows criticism of the U.K.'s approach from some scientists and commentators. The U.K. — which up until now has focused on contact tracing and, as of Thursday, asking those with specific symptoms to self-isolate — had become an international outlier in terms of its response, with other European countries taking far more drastic shutdown measures to slow the virus's spread.
"Ministers are working with the chief scientific adviser and chief medical officer on our plan to stop various types of public event, including mass gatherings, beginning next week," a Whitehall official said."We are also talking to businesses and other bodies about the timing of moving toward much more widespread working from home."
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