Questions over how long sites can remain open for intensified last night after Boris Johnson said the government is considering introducing more draconian measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

Yesterday, the number of UK cases stood at 5,683, up 13% on the previous day’s figure, with the number of deaths now at 281, a rise of 17% on Saturday’s figure.

In a briefing yesterday evening, the prime minister warned he may be forced to bring in even stricter measures to increase social distancing after the government last week shut schools and colleges from today and on Friday night ordered all pubs, bars and restaurants to close.

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