[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by denphone

It seems the lockdown period was initially 3 weeks but in the space of less then a week its possible scope has been widened to a possible 6 months or even more.

https://www.france24.com/en/20200324...rtual-lockdown

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...-june-11965226

The Government seem to be breaking the bad news and imposing restrictions in movement by stealth, possibly to avoid the civil unrest that deadite66 mentioned.