Like Europe, UK to ban all large events

and gives doctors, hospitals and healthcare providers maximum flexibility to respond to the virus and care for patients. “We will remove or eliminate every obstacle necessary to deliver our people the care that they need and that they are entitled,” Trump said, announcing a new partnership with the private sector to vastly increase and accelerate the capacity to conduct tests for the virus. “We want to make sure that those who need a test can get a test very safely, quickly and conveniently. But we don’t want people to take a test if we feel that they shouldn’t be doing it and we don't want everyone running out and taking tests,” he said, adding that tests should be taken “only if you have certain symptoms”.

London, March 14: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has faced criticism for his country's light touch approach to tackling the Covid-19 outbreak, is preparing to review its approach and ban mass gatherings, according to government sources on Saturday. Emergency legislation is due to be passed next week in parliament and the ban would come into force from next weekend. The legislation could see the cancellation of events such as the Wimbledon tennis tournament and the Glastonbury music festival, due to begin at the end of June, as well as major horse races including Royal Ascot and Grand National. The government’s current plan is to delay the peak of the outbreak until the weather becomes warmer to cushion the blow on the health services, and the advice so far is for people who show symptoms to self isolate for a week. The health officials advising the government argue that taking drastic measures too early would have only limited benefit and would risk tiring a population before the peak of the crisis.