Prince Harry taking ‘measures’ ‘WARTIME’ SCENE IN UK AS 71 DIE OF CONTAGION

London, March 18: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson Prince Harry is said to be taking “appropriate measures” after he was seen hugging Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton at an event in the UK earlier this month before flying out to join wife Meghan Markle and son Archie in Canada.

Hamilton was pictured with British actor Idris Elba and Sophie Trudeau, the wife of the Canadian Prime Minister — both of whom have since tested positive for Covid-19.

In another development, the Queen has cancelled all her appointments for the next few months and is set to leave Buckingham Palace in London on Thursday to be based at Windsor Castle for an extended period of time amid the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak which has claimed 71

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lives in the country. The monarch, who turns 94 next month, was to host a series of garden parties and Easter related events but will now spend time indoors in Windsor, southeast England, in consultation with her medical experts

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London, March 18: The UK must act like a “wartime” government and do whatever it takes to support the country’s economy, Prime Minster Boris Johnson said as Britain’s death toll from the Covid-19 rose to 71 and the number of cases stand at nearly 2,000.

The cases exploded by 407 to 1,950 on Monday, the biggest daily rise. “We must act like any wartime government and do whatever it takes to support our economy,” he said. Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn urged the government to suspend home rental fees and ban evictions of tenants during the Covid-19 crisis.

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