Newspaper headlines: ‘Shut down’ cities warning as UK coronavirus cases jump
The outbreak of coronavirus leads many of Monday’s newspapers, after the number of UK cases jumped to 36 over the weekend. The Metro focuses on comments made by Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who said it was inevitable that Covid-19 would become “endemic” here – and 500,000 deaths was a “reasonable worst case scenario”.
The government’s plans to tackle the outbreak – which will be published later this week – feature on the front of the Daily Express. If the virus escalates, cities could be placed under lockdown, large gatherings could be banned, schools closed and people urged to stop using public transport, the paper says.
The prospect of UK cities being put into lockdown – which has happened in China, where the virus outbreak originated – also features on the front of the Sun. On Sunday, Health Secretary Mr Hancock was asked about whether whole cities could be quarantined and he replied: “We don’t take anything off the table.”
The Guardian points out that one of the latest cases to be diagnosed in the UK – a patient from Essex – is now the second person to test positive without having recently been abroad. This suggests the country is “edging closer to the point where containment becomes impossible”, the paper says. The main picture is of migrants at Turkey’s border with Greece, after Turkey is no longer stopping Syrian migrants leaving for Europe.
The jump in UK cases has prompted some leading scientists to warn the country is moving into the “next stage” of the outbreak, the i newspaper reports. Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine, said although the number of cases involving people who have not travelled remains low – even a couple of such cases indicates community spread.
Health officials are “desperately trying” to find people who may be spreading the virus unwittingly, the Daily Mail says. These “coronavirus carriers” may only have mild symptoms and not know they are infected, the paper adds. It says the south-east of the UK is “in the front line” with outbreaks in Essex, Surrey and West Sussex.
The Times reports Boris Johnson is promising that the government will “stop at nothing” to fight the spread of the virus, as he prepares to chair a meeting of the emergency Cobra committee on Monday. The paper says ministers have “drastic measures” lined up if the virus spreads further, including the prospect of millions of workers being asked to work from home.
The prime minister’s response to the virus also makes the front of the Daily Telegraph, which pictures Mr Johnson during a visit to a Public Health England laboratory in north London on Sunday. The paper says he has indicated the situation could get worse before it gets better.
Italy’s decision to bring in measures worth 3.6bn euros (£3.10bn) to deal with the economic impact of the outbreak is the focus in the Financial Times’ top story. Italy is so far the country in Europe that has been hit worst by the coronavirus. In Rome, tax credits are being introduced for companies that report a 25% drop in revenues, the paper says.
The Daily Mirror leads with a report into the UK’s probation services, which were part-privatised in 2014. Since then, the paper says, 309 people have been killed by offenders who were being monitored by private probation firms. The Ministry of Justice said it was bringing all probation services back into the public sector from December 2020, and has 800 new probation officers in training.
The front page of the Daily Star reports on the sentencing of a man in Aberdeen, who bit a police officer. According to the paper, the judge in the case decided that because offender was not wearing his dentures – and so the bite did not cause any injury – he should not get a jail term.
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