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The lethal ambiguities in the 'stay at home' coronavirus advice

25 March 2020

4:42 AM

25 March 2020

4:42 AM

There are still potentially lethal ambiguities in the government’s coronavirus advice about who should go to work; such is the judgement of leading employers, to whom I’ve spoken. The fundamental question is whether businesses that are not doing work considered of national importance, but which involve employees working cheek by jowl in sweaty conditions, should cease operating.

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Robert Peston is ITV's Political Editor. This article originally appeared on his ITV News blog


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