Text message warning

A text message from the Government urging people to stay at home and providing details of the new coronavirus lockdown rules was sent to mobile phones across the country yesterday. The text read: “GOV.UK ALERT CORONAVIRUS. New rules in force now: you must stay at home. More info and exemptions at gov.uk/ coronavirus Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Save lives.”

As the UK does not have an emergency alert system, network operators sent out the text.