Boris Johnson: We Can Turn the Tide of Virus Within 12 Weeks

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  • U.K. death toll has more than doubled in just two days to 144
Boris Johnson speaks during a daily coronavirus briefing inside number 10 Downing Street in London, U.K., on March 19.Photographer: Leon Neal/Getty Images/Bloomberg
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Boris Johnson insisted the U.K. can “turn the tide” against the coronavirus by June, in a deliberately upbeat take on the fight against the pandemic.