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Portrait of the week

Portrait of the week: Queen speaks, mobile masts burn and Boris Johnson goes into hospital

11 April 2020

9:00 AM

11 April 2020

9:00 AM

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The number of people who had died from the coronavirus disease Covid-19 in the UK by Sunday 5 April was 4,313, compared with a total of 1,228 by 29 March, and of 281 by 22 March. In the following two days the total rose to 5,373. Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, was taken to hospital after his Covid-19 symptoms had persisted for ten days, and then to intensive care.

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