Britain is past peak of coronavirus outbreak, says Boris Johnson
Prime minister attends first No 10 daily press briefing since illness as UK deaths hit 26,711
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Boris Johnson has claimed that Britain has passed the peak of the coronavirus outbreak, promising to lay out plans next week to “get our economy moving” after lockdown restrictions are eased.
Presenting his first Downing Street press conference since returning to work on Monday, the prime minister said: “I can confirm today that for the first time, we are past the peak of this disease. We are past the peak, and we are on the downward slope.”
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