Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - politics Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailPolice could arrest sick people refusing to stay in quarantine as the government draws up emergency coronavirus laws. The government will have the power to force people into quarantine, close shops, pubs and restaurants if necessary to tackle the spread of coronavirus. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said emergency powers would be passed into law this week. "We are going to take the powers to make sure that we can quarantine people if they are a risk to public health," he said. (Image: FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)He also discussed the potential of creating emergency hospitals and said the Government will turn unused operating theatres into extra wards for coronavirus patients.

Source: Daily Mirror March 15, 2020 10:52 UTC