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

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

By Claire Schofield

Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 BST

Updated 19th Mar 2020, 19:07 BST

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