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London Mayoral Candidate Rory Stewart called for the U.K. parliament to stop meeting in person as its members are at “high risk” of contracting the coronavirus.
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“They are in danger of infecting each other in the chamber, and then going on to infect others,” he said in a tweet.
In another tweet, he urged the government to “immediately accelerate” their response to the outbreak.
Measures “must be implemented today,” he said. “We are taking far too much risk.”
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