'JUST GO HOME'
Coronavirus cops blast ‘it’s not a holiday, it’s a lockdown’ as they move on sunbathers in London
THIS is the moment furious cops blast sunbathers in London during the coronavirus outbreak saying "it's not a holiday, it's a lockdown."
Despite Boris Johnson's instructions to stay indoors for the next three weeks, police were yesterday forced to order members of the public to leave Shepherd's Bush Green in West London.
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And the officers say the Government's advice is clear and Brits must stop treating the situation "like a holiday".
In a video posted on Twitter, Met Police officers approach the sunbathers before telling them through a loudspeaker: "You can't stay on the green. Can you all go home, please?
"It's not a holiday - it's a lockdown. You can't just come here and sunbathe.
'GO HOME'
"Can you please just leave?
"Can you please get off the green? Go home."
In a Tweet, police said they'd given "clear advice" to people "sunbathing in groups while we have a national health emergency".
Yesterday, officers in Coventry were forced to break up a group of 20 people who had gathered for a barbecue, while during an incident in the capital, police forced one bakery customer to stand outside the eatery - because another customer was already inside.
Police will have powers to disperse gatherings under a ban on meetings of more than two people.
The only exception to the new rule is people who live together.
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Those who flout the rules can be fined.
However, police have already warned that the new rules are so extensive that they wouldn't be able to enforce them.
It comes as the number of people who have died after being diagnosed with the coronavirus in the UK hits 422.
Tuesday's staggering death toll came on the first day since Boris Johnson's nationwide lockdown came into effect.
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Scientists from Oxford University now say they believe half the British population could have already been infected with Covid-19 since January.
Researchers say the deadly bug was circulating around two weeks before the first reported case and a month before the first reported death.
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Although a three-week lockdown is currently in place, Brits could be indoors for much longer.
Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster predicted on Tuesday the lockdown would go on past Easter.
Despite that, train services in London remain packed this morning as NHS workers accuse Mayor Sadiq Khan of "risking lives" as he pushes on with a reduced service.
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