The UK has just two weeks to stop a coronavirus

[ameliemartin]

The UK has just two weeks to stop a coronavirus outbreak as bad as Italy. Here's why time is running out

• The UK is just two weeks away from a coronavirus outbreak as bad as Italy.
  
  
• Prime Minister Boris Johnson warns that the crisis is "accelerating" and could soon overwhelm the country's healthcare system.
  
  
• Analysis of international COVD-19 data shows the UK could be just days away from an Italian-level crisis.
  
  
• The UK has closed all of its schools, pubs, restaurants, cafes, gyms and cinemas as the number of cases continues to surge.
  
  
• The UK has so far recorded a total of 5,018 confirmed coronavirus cases and 233 deaths