© Simon Dawson/Zuma PressWhile one government after another announces drastic measures to slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus, the British government is taking a different tack. “People have never been in this situation before.”As of Friday, the U.K. has reported 798 cases of coronavirus and 10 deaths. While some British scientists have praised their government for not taking what they see as knee-jerk measures, others worry the strategy is risky. “There are some countries that are not fully following the science,” U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Wednesday. The government’s scientific advisers say the U.K. is weeks behind the development of the virus in Italy, the European country most severely hit.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 14, 2020 23:24 UTC