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Coronavirus: 'Too early' to say when restrictions will end 🔴 - BBC
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in hospital, so the press conference is led by Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab - who is in line to step in if the PM cannot carry on with his job.
He is joined by the chief medical officer, Chris Whitty - who has just come out of self-isolation due to coronavirus - and the chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence, Professor Dame Angela McLean.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, again, says the prime minister is "in charge" and will take advice from his doctors.
Asked how long the current restrictions will have to continue, Prof Chris Whitty, chief medical officer for England, says a "serious discussion" about this will only be possible once the peak of the virus has been reached.
He adds it is "too early" to say what should happen until this is known.
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