Coronavirus in UK live blog: Rishi Sunak to stand in for Prime Minister at daily press briefing

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An ambulance leaves St Thomas' Hospital in central London, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care with symptoms of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 (Photo: ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty Images)An ambulance leaves St Thomas' Hospital in central London, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care with symptoms of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 (Photo: ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty Images)
An ambulance leaves St Thomas' Hospital in central London, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care with symptoms of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 (Photo: ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty Images)
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