Coronavirus: We can't have a normal Easter, Britons told
The number of people to have died in hospital in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus has risen to 7,978, officials announced on Thursday - up 881 on the previous day.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab - who is standing in for Mr Johnson - has said lockdown restrictions will stay in place until evidence showed the UK had moved beyond the peak of the virus. He acknowledged it was hard for people hoping to go out and be with their families over Easter, but urged restraint.
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