Cspan. Org coronavirus. Next british Prime Minister horace johnsons address to the nation on his governments response to the pandemic. Restrictions include stop shock closings and stopping all social events. Prime minister johnson good evening, the coronavirus is the biggest threat this country has faced for decades, and this country is not alone. All of the world we are saying devastating impacts of this invisible killer. Onight i want to update you the steps we are taking to fight the disease and what you can do to help. I want to begin reminding you why the u. K. Has been taking the approach we have. National effort to halt the growth of the virus, there will come a moment were no service in the world could cope. There will not be enough ventilators, intensive care beds, doctors or nurses. As we have seen in other countries that have fantastic health care systems, that is the moment of real danger. Simply, if too many people become seriously unwell at one time, the nhs will be unable to handle it. Meaning more people are likely to die, not just from coronavirus that other illnesses as well. It is vital to slow the spread of the disease. That is the way we reduce the number of people needing hospital treatment at any one time. So we can protect the nhss ability to cope and save more lives, and that is why we have been asking people to stay at home during this pandemic. Numbers are complying, and i think you wall. The time has come for us all to do more. Givethis evening, i must the british people a simple instruction. You must stay at home. The critical thing you must do to stop the disease spreading between households, that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home for the following very limited purposes. Shopping for basic necessities as infrequently as possible. One form of exercise per day, for example a run, walk, cycle alone or with members of your household. Any medical need to provide care or help a vulnerable person. And traveling to and from work, but only where this is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home. That is all. These are the only reasons you should leave your home. You should not be meeting friends. If your friends ask you to meet, you should say no. You should not be meeting family members who do not live in your home. You should not be going shopping. Xcept for essentials like food you should do this as little as you can. Use Food Delivery Services where you can. If you do not follow the rules, the police will have the powers to enforce them, including through fines and dispersing gatherings. To ensure compliance with the governments instructions to stay at home, we will immediately close all shops selling nonessential goods including clothing and electronics stores, and other premises included libraries, playgrounds, outdoor gyms and laces of worship. Places of worship. We will stop all social events including weddings, baptisms, and other ceremonies but excluding funerals. Parks will remain open for exercise, but gatherings will be dispersed. No Prime Minister wants to enact measures like this. I know the damage that this disruption is doing and will do to peoples lives, their businesses, and their jobs. That is why we produced a huge of supported program for workers and businesses. And i can assure you we will keep these restrictions under constant review. We will look again in three weeks and relax them if the evidence shows we are able to. But at present there are no easy options. And it isead is hard, true that many lives will sadly be lost. Yet it is also true that there is a clear way through, day by day we are strengthening our 7500 formerwith physicians coming back to the service. Staying at home we are increasing our stocks of equipment, accelerating our search for treatments, pioneer work on a vaccine, and buying millions of testing kits to turn the tide on this invisible killer. I want to thank everyone who was working flat out to be the virus, everyone from the supermarket workers to the nurses and nurses on the frontline. But in this fight we can be in no doubt that each and every one enlisted, eachly and every one of us is now obliged to join together, to halt the spread of the disease, to protect the nhs and save many, many thousands of lives. I know as they have in the past, so many times the people in this country will rise to that challenge, and we will come through it stronger than ever. We will beat the coronavirus and we will beat it together. I urge you at this moment of National Emergency to stay at home, protect our nhs, and save lives. Thank you. Cspans washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. Tuesday morning, the heritage foundations Stephen Moore discusses the Trump Administration and congressional efforts to block the impact of the coronavirus on the economy. Honest elections project, how some states are postponing primary contests over concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. And democratic congressman discusses the federal response to the coronavirus. Watch washington journal, live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern tuesday morning. Join the discussion. American history tv programs are in prime time this week, as a preview of what is available every weekend on cspan3. Tuesday, we will show you an academic tour of the big ten conference from our lecturers in history series. The university of maryland professor Christopher Bonner leads off with the concept of power in antebellum slave societies. American history tv tuesday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan3