News — SocialDistancing

Get the latest on coronavirus. Sign up to the Daily Brief for news, explainers, how-tos, opinion and more. For nearly two months, the UK government has warned the public to “stay home” in order to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. Now, the emphasis is shifting toward getting people back to work. “We now need to stress that anyone who can’t work from home — for instance, those in construction or manufacturing — should be actively encouraged to go to work,” prime minister Boris Johnson said in an address to the nation on Sunday night.  Johnson’s announcement was short on...