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‘Social distancing?’ UK govt faces backlash as construction sites seen heaving with workers after Covid-19 ‘lockdown’ enforced
PM Boris Johnson has faced an angry backlash for failing to shut down construction sites, following his order of a three-week nationwide lockdown as part of “social distancing” measures to combat the spread of the deadly virus.
After Johnson's address to the nation on Monday night, UK Housing Communities and Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick tweeted that construction sites could stay open as long as social distancing was applied.
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