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

Photo taken on March 20, 2020 shows the London Bridge Station, one of London's busiest train stations, 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)