• The UK has gone into full coronavirus lockdown with the British public ordered to stay at home.
• 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.
• Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the new rules would be enforced by the police with fines imposed on those breaking them.
• 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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