What does Britain know about coronavirus that the rest of Europe doesn’t?
Analysis by Nina dos Santos, CNN
Updated 1113 GMT (1913 HKT) March 14, 2020
London (CNN)There was something contradictory in Boris Johnson’s speech about Britain’s response to the coronavirus on Thursday. Flanked by the country’s chief scientific and medical advisers, the Prime Minister announced that his government was moving to the “delay” phase of its plan to tackle the outbreak, and warned Britons that they were facing their “worst public health crisis for a generation” and should be prepared “to lose loved ones before their time.” And yet, faced with such grave prospects, would the UK be taking the same stringent precautions as other affected countries? No, was the answer. At least not for now. The British government has repeatedly said it does not believe that banning large-scale gatherings and closing schools — like Italy, France, Germany and Spain have done — would be effective in preventing the spread of the disease. This comes despite the fact that parts of the British Isles, including the Republic of Ireland and Scotland (which is in the UK but has a separate healthcare system), are now emulating their continental neighbors. More analysis on the outbreak
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