The UK coronavirus lockdown will last for up to 6 months and be policed with on-the-spot fines

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• The UK has gone into full coronavirus lockdown with the British public ordered to stay at home for up to six months.
• People will only be allowed to leave their home to do essential work, exercise or buy food or medicine.
• All non-essential shops, premises and places of worship will be closed down, with weddings and baptisms banned.
• The rules will be enforced by the police with fines of between £30, rising up to £1,000 for repeated infringement.
• The announcement comes as the latest data suggests the UK is just two weeks behind the level of crisis seen in Italy.
• The UK has so far recorded at least 6,650 coronavirus cases and 335 deaths.
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The UK coronavirus public lockdown will last for up to six months and policed with fines beginning at £30 and rising to a maximum of £1,000 for anyone refusing to comply.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the national lockdown in a statement to the nation on Monday evening following a weekend in which the UK public had flocked to some public spaces in record numbers despite official guidance urging them to stay at home.

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