UK to close cafes, pubs, restaurants as gov't offers payroll support amid COVID-19 outbreak

Photo taken on March 20, 2020 shows the closed Chestnut Grove Academy in London, Britain. Cafes, bars, pubs and restaurants must close from Friday night across Britain in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19 outbreak, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday. As of 9 a.m. local time (0900 GMT) Friday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Britain reached 3,983, according to the Department of Health and Social Care. As of 1 p.m. (1300 GMT), 177 patients tested positive for coronavirus have died. (Photo by Joe Newman/Xinhua)