UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has decided to postpone the local government and Mayoral elections in May, since they would have coincided with the peak of the coronavirus outbreak, potentially exposing people at its most dangerous point.
It comes just hours after all professional football in Britain was suspended until at least 3rd April as a result of the spread of COVID-19.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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