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World Service,24 Mar 2020,53 mins

UK under lockdown

Newsday

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The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces strict new measures aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus. But experts are predicting that the hospital system could soon be overwhelmed. We ask how families living on low incomes in confined spaces in social housing will cope with the social distancing measures. And we visit the Social Distancing Festival - set up to showcase online some of the arts and music projects that have been cancelled because of the pandemic.

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