Published 20:26 IST, March 23rd 2020

British school children join online physical education lesson amid lockdown

Hundreds and thousands of British school children on March 23 joined an online physical education (PE) class amid coronavirus lockdown in the country.

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Hundreds and thousands of British schoolchildren on March 23 joined an online physical education (PE) class amid Coronavirus lockdown in country. According to reports, well-kwn British fitness instructor Joe Wicks live-streamed his class on YouTube which was joined by more than 8,00,000 viewers from United Kingdom and rest of world. 

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Joe Wicks before starting online class said, "I’m going to be your PE teacher for nation which I thought was just going to UK, but actually has turned out to be so much bigger." He brocasted live stream at 9:00 am GMT, which lasted for around 30 minutes on his YouTube account. 

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United Kingdom h shut down all its educational institutions in wake of Coronavirus outbreak. drastic measures that included banning of public garings and shutting down all borders were taken to prevent spre of virus.  

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Coronavirus outbreak

United Kingdom has so far recorded more than 280 deaths from 5,683 confirmed coronavirus cases in country. re are currently 5,267 active cases in country, of which 20 patients remain under critical condition. United Kingdom has successfully treated more than 130 people since disease first broke out in December 2019. 

COVID-19 has claimed more than 14,600 lives across world and has infected nearly 3,38,000 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China is most affected country in world as experts believe that virus originated from a seafood market in Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally.  

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Italy, Iran, and Spain are most affected countries outside mainland China, where, as of March 22 combined death toll stands at 8,933. Italy has surpassed China to record most number of deaths in world due to virus outbreak, while Iran and Spain both have crossed 1,500 mark.

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20:26 IST, March 23rd 2020