The Government’s Emergency Powers bill has been released and details power giving Police, public health and immigration officers the ability to detain people suspected of having coronavirus.
The bill will give the officials to return people to where they have been asked to stay during the virus outbreak, believed to be in a bid to curb people leaving hospital early. They will also have the power to take people to screening and testing facilities.
128 people have now died from the virus according to figures released in the last few minutes.There were 28 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours
Meanwhile the Bank of England have cut interest rates for a second time in just under a week to an historic low of 0.1 per cent from 0.25 per cent.
It also announced that it is to increase its holdings of UK government and corporate bonds by £200 billion to total of £645 billion.
The spread of Covid-19 and the measures being taken to contain the virus will result in an economic shock that could be sharp and large, but should be temporary said the Bank
