Coronavirus lockdown in Italy as 16 million people quarantined

The number of people who have died from coronavirus in Italy has jumped a hundred and thirty three in a single day, taking the death toll there to 366.

The World Health Organisation has praised the country for its ‘genuine sacrifices’ after millions of people were placed in lockdown.

So will the UK, where 273 people have now tested positive,  up 67 since yesterday, have to adopt the same sort of measures to bring the disease under control?