© Joel Goodman - 07973 332324 - all rights reserved . 26/03/2020. Manchester, UK. A man is handcuffed and detained by police in Manchester City Centre , in suspicion of stealing a mobile phone from a pedestrian . Manchester City Centre lies nearly empty during a sunny spring afternoon . The British government has imposed a lockdown on all but essential activities and instructed people to reduce social contact as part of quarantine measures to prevent the spread of Coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) . Photo credit: Joel Goodman