4 Mar 2020

Covid-19: One fifth of UK workforce could get sick

From Morning Report, 6:45 am on 4 March 2020

The British government says up to a fifth of the workforce may be off sick during the peak of a coronavirus epidemic in the UK.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the government's plans for responding to the outbreak earlier this morning.

During that announcement, he told media he was still shaking the hands of infected people.

London correspondent Olly Barratt speaks to Susie Ferguson.