Coronavirus: PM to update UK on 'steps to defeat' coronavirus

Coronavirus: PM to update UK on 'steps to defeat' coronavirus Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair a cabinet meeting later and then lead the daily coronavirus briefing for the first time since his return to work.

No 10 said the PM, whose fiancee gave birth on Wednesday, will update the UK on the "fight against this disease and the steps we are taking to defeat it".

But political editor Laura Kuenssberg said he was unlikely to give "chapter and verse" on lifting the restrictions. BBC News

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