London: Coronavirus protestors demanding action descend on Downing Street

Coronavirus protestors demanding action descend on Downing Street Protesters wearing hazmat suits, masks and gloves descended on Downin...

Coronavirus protestors demanding action descend on Downing Street

Protesters wearing hazmat suits, masks and gloves descended on Downing Street on Monday to demand urgent action on the coronavirus pandemic.

Pause the System demonstrators heading to Downing Street on Monday

Several members of the Pause the System group sat on the ground outside the gates of No 10 while others held a banner.

Armed police looked on as activists hung biohazard tape on the railings and staged a peaceful protest.

Boris Johnson has been criticised for his handling of the coronavirus crisis. He held his first televised briefing on Monday evening following a cabinet Cobra meeting.

The peaceful protest took place on Monday

The peaceful group sat on the pavement to demand the UK to go into lockdown in response to the Covid-19 outbreak.

The group – which has informal links with Extinction Rebellion – claims that the government is not taking stringent enough action to “take care of the most vulnerable” and “prevent future pandemics’.

As well as calling for the UK to go into lockdown, the protesters urged the government to “halt all non-essential business and close schools”; take private clinics into public ownership and increase testing.

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