Coronavirus live blog as it happened: PM says 12 weeks to turn tide against virus as vaccine trials due for mid-April

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Boris Johnson gestures as he gives a press conference about the ongoing situation with the coronavirus (Photo: Eddie Mulholland - WPA Pool/Getty Images)Boris Johnson gestures as he gives a press conference about the ongoing situation with the coronavirus (Photo: Eddie Mulholland - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Boris Johnson gestures as he gives a press conference about the ongoing situation with the coronavirus (Photo: Eddie Mulholland - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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