How UK, US is ramping up efforts to flatten the curve of global pandemic

In his first daily press conference on the coronavirus pandemic on March 16, the UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlined a raft of new key measures to curb the spread of infection, saying “drastic action” was needed.

They include avoiding gathering in public places, working from home where possible, everyone in a household self-isolating for 14 days if one person gets sick, and the over-70s and most vulnerable minimising social contact.