LONDON - Britain ordered schools to shut down as the coronavirus crisis worsened on Wednesday , with panic buying forcing supermarkets to ration food and the pound plunging to its lowest levels in more than three decades.
"I know the situation has become increasingly challenging,"Education Secretary Gavin Williamson told parliament as he set out the plan for school closures.The shutting of schools will have huge economic and social repercussions for the world's fifth-biggest economy. It will alter the lives of almost nine million British children and force parents to stay home from work to look after them.
As part of its long-drawn-out exit from the European Union, Britain is currently in a transition period which is scheduled to end on Dec 31. Johnson was also asked whether he planned to introduce stringent lockdown measures similar to those seen in Italy, Spain and France. He said he would rule nothing out.
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