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Johnson: The British are fatter than the rest of Europe
The United Kingdom has one of the highest rates of obesity in the world: nearly one in three adults are obese, according to the OECD.
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Pubs, restaurants and hotels to reopen as England eases social distancing
In other signs of a gradual return to normal life, hairdressers will open again along with tourist attractions like theme parks, but nightclubs, indoor gyms and swimming pools will stay closed.
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UK PM condemns George Floyd killing as protesters take to the streets
The demonstration is the latest in the British capital since Floyd, an unarmed African-American, died last week after a police officer in Minneapolis knelt on his neck.
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UK PM's top aide Cummings defies calls to resign
Dominic Cummings told reporters that he acted 'reasonably and legally' when he drove across the country with his wife while she was suffering from the virus, despite official advice to stay at home.
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Johnson vows new UK virus tracing strategy will be ready by June
Britain's official coronavirus death toll is at least 41,000, with almost 10,000 dead in care homes in England and Wales alone, according to an update from the Office for National Statistics released on Tuesday.
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Work and exercise restrictions ease in England
The partial lifting of restrictions comes despite concern that Britain has the second-highest death toll from the virus in the world - and confusion about the new rules.
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Wear face coverings, UK says, as confusion surrounds lockdown easing
The United Kingdom has one of the world’s highest official COVID-19 death tolls and, after criticism that he was slow to impose a lockdown, British PM Boris Johnson is wary of triggering a second wave of infection.
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British PM issues new virus advice ahead of lockdown plan
Johnson, who himself spent a week in hospital with coronavirus last month, has made clear he will proceed with 'maximum caution' in easing the lockdown.
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World leaders evoke WWII spirit in battle against pandemic
With parades and commemoration events cancelled or scaled down as part of efforts to contain the outbreak, Europe and the United States marked the defeat of Nazi Germany in a sombre mood.
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UK could start easing virus lockdown next week: PM
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was speaking the day after Britain overtook Italy to become the worst-hit country in Europe, with more than 32,000 deaths related to COVID-19 - behind only the United States in the global rankings.
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Recovering UK PM Johnson 'in good shape'
Johnson, 55, spent a week in hospital, including three days in intensive care, before being discharged on 12 April.
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UK PM Johnson says 'things could have gone either way' in virus struggle
Boris Johnson is the most high-profile leader to suffer from the coronavirus.
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Boris Johnson out of COVID-19 intensive care
The 55-year-old Conservative leader had received 'standard oxygen treatment' after he was transferred to the intensive care unit at London's St Thomas's hospital on Monday, his spokesman said earlier.
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PM Johnson stable after second night in intensive care battling COVID-19
As Johnson battled the novel coronavirus in hospital, the United Kingdom was entering what scientists said was the deadliest phase of the outbreak and grappling with the question of when to lift the lockdown.
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Britain's Johnson spends second night in intensive care
In an update Tuesday evening, the prime minister's spokesman said his 'condition is stable and he remains in intensive care for close monitoring.'
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British PM fights virus in intensive care as global toll soars
The pandemic's relentless death march across the planet has already claimed more than 73,000 victims out of 1.32 million confirmed cases, with warnings that much worse is yet to come.
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UK PM 'still in charge' while in hospital with coronavirus
The Conservative leader announced on 27 March that he had tested positive for COVID-19, and has been self-isolating in his flat above Downing Street ever since.
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Virus tide turns in Europe as US girds for 'Pearl Harbor' moment
The virus has infected virtually every corner of the planet, confining nearly half of humanity to their homes and turning life upside down for billions on a deadly march that has claimed nearly 70,000 victims.
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UK govt promises more virus tests as criticism grows
Housing Minister Robert Jenrick told Sky TV that it was targeting 25,000 daily tests by "mid-April", after the latest figures revealed the UK death toll was almost 1,800.
