Cabinet Officer Minister Michael Gove said on a program that it was `` vitally important '' to follow social distancing .
In a subsequent appearance on that day 's edition of the BBC 's Sunday morning politics programme The Andrew Marr Showq , Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said that the UK was facing a `` significant period '' of strict measures to deal with the outbreak , and that it was `` vitally important '' to follow social distancing rules.  late March , it was announced that the NHS would be establishing a network of NHS Nightingale Hospitals , temporary emergency hospitals set up in major conference centres to help to deal with large number of expected cases .