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Is the UK lockdown working and when will it end? - BBC Newsnight
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15:56Now PlayingWith warmer weather forecast and use of transport up, can the coronavirus down hold and how long will it last? Subscribe to our channel here
It's been almost two weeks since the lockdown started, but there are fears that the discipline seen in the opening days of this crisis may not hold for the duration.
Use of transport has risen slightly in the capital and there were busy scenes in some parts of the country.
The prime minister, still in self-isolation due to coronavirus symptoms, pleaded with the nation not to go out this weekend as forecasts anticipated warmer weather in some parts of the UK.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the nation at the daily briefing that staying at home was ‘not a request, it is an instruction”
How long will the lockdown last, and can the public continue to observe social distancing?
Lewis Goodall reports and Mark Urban is joined by Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne, Department for Communities Permanent Secretary 2010-15 Sir Bob Kerslake and University of Cambridge Statistician Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter
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