- Title: Business as usual: Londoners flock to city market
- Date: 22nd March 2020
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (MARCH 22, 2020) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF LONDONERS BROWSING AND SHOPPING AT COLUMBIA ROAD MARKET
- Embargoed: 5th April 2020 14:37
- Keywords: Colombia road market Covid-19 London coronavirus health socially distance
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Health/Medicine
- Reuters ID: LVA001C64TRGN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Londoners were seen gathering at Columbia Road Market, in the east of the capital, on Sunday (March 22), despite the UK government's advice to stay at home and remain socially distant from others.
Britain's prime minister, Boris Johnson, warned on Sunday that the country's National Health Service (NHS) could be "overwhelmed" by the coronavirus.
Johnson told cafes, pubs and restaurants across the country to close on Friday night (March 19) and to stay shut indefinitely to help slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
However people in the capital are continuing to gather in outdoor public places, where they are surrounded by many other people.
The UK so far has 5,018 confirmed cases of the virus, and a total of 244 deaths.
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