Timeline of Policy Actions in the United Kingdom in Response to COVID-19 Time dates All during time policy link code u01 19- 25/1 U02 26/1- Tracing people who Tracing people who https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/w 1/2 have been to Wuhan have been to Wuhan in uhan-coronavirus-health-secretarys- in the past 14 days the past 14 days statement-to-parliament U03 2-8/2 Coronavirus public Coronavirus public https://www.gov.uk/government/news/coron information information campaign avirus-public-information-campaign-launched- campaign launched launched across-the-uk U04 9-15/2 1 hospital 2 hotels 1 hospital 2 hotels are https://www.gov.uk/government/news/secret are designated as an designated as an ary-of-state-makes-new-regulations-on- "isolation" facility "isolation" facility coronavirus Health Protection Health Protection http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/129/ (Coronavirus) (Coronavirus) contents/made Regulations 2020 is Regulations 2020 is published published U05 16- 22/2 U06 23- New surveillance New surveillance https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new- 29/2 system for early system for early surveillance-system-for-early-detection-of- detection of COVID- detection of COVID-19 covid-19 19 U07 1-3/3 U08 4-6/3 Coronavirus is listed Coronavirus is listed as https://www.gov.uk/government/news/coron as a notifiable a notifiable disease in avirus-covid-19-listed-as-a-notifiable-disease disease in law law £46 million funding £46 million funding for https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm- for developing developing coronavirus announces-new-funding-in-fight-against- coronavirus vaccine vaccine and a rapid test spread-of-coronavirus and a rapid test U09 7-9/3 U10 10- Scotland bans Scotland bans https://www.gov.scot/news/first-minister- 12/3 gathering above 500 gathering above 500 announces-large-events-to-be-cancelled/ people people U11 13- 15/3 U12 16- Schools are closed Schools are closed https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/p 18/3 Scotland closes m-statement-on-coronavirus-18-march-2020 Schools and nurseries Scotland closes Schools https://www.gov.scot/news/school-and- and nurseries nursery-closures/ U13 19- Some London Some London https://www.theguardian.com/uk- 21/3 underground stations underground stations news/2020/mar/19/london-tube-to-close- are closed; are closed many-stations-because-of-coronavirus Funerals and Funerals and weddings https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/m weddings limited to limited to immediate ar/19/church-of-england-restricts-wedding- immediate family; family ceremonies-to-five-people Double the military Double the military https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/202 force to help deal force to help deal with 0/mar/18/coronavirus-live-news-updates- with the outbreak; the outbreak outbreak-us-states-uk-australia-europe-eu- Ramping up testing self-isolation-lockdown-latest-update for the virus; Ramping up testing for https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/03 powers to detain to the virus /19/boris-johnson-news-latest-schools- police, public health coronavirus-emergency-bill/ and immigration powers to detain to https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/20 officers police, public health 20/mar/19/uk-coronavirus-live-boris-johnson- Shut down All cafes, and immigration london-lockdown-williamson-refuses-to-rule- restaurants, officers out-government-putting-london-in-lockdown- gyms,leisure centers, by-weekend nightclubs, theatres Shut down All cafes, https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/20 and cinemas restaurants, 20/mar/20/uk-coronavirus-live-confusion- gyms,leisure centers, over-key-workers-list-as-schools-close nightclubs, theatres and cinemas U14 22- Gatherings of more Gatherings of more https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52012432 24/3 than 2 people are than 2 people are banned; banned; Non-essential stores Non-essential stores https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52012432 closed; closed; All social events All social events https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52012432 including weddings, including weddings, and but except and but except funerals are banned funerals are banned Stay-at-home order Stay-at-home order https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52012432 Public sector prisons Public sector prisons https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article- are put on lockdown are put on lockdown in 8146703/Prisons-England-Wales-immediate- in England and Wales England and Wales lockdown-no-visits-allowed-amid-coronavirus- pandemic.html U15 25- Emergency powers to Emergency powers to https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2019- 27/3 the government by the government by 21/coronavirus.htm coronavirus act coronavirus act U16 28- 30/3 U17 31/3- 2/4 U18 3-5/4 .