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Donald Trump says UK's early approach to coronavirus would have been 'very catastrophic'
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Donald Trump has slammed the UK's initial approach to tackling the coronavirus outbreak. He said the results would have been "very catastrophic" if Boris Johnson had not decided to change tack.
The US president suggested Boris Johnson had looked to "ride out" the virus in an approach that would have caused "a lot of death".
It comes as Mr Trump faces his own barrage of criticism over his handling of the pandemic. The G7 ally's comments come after the UK saw its biggest day-on-day rise on Wednesday in the number of deaths since the outbreak began - up 563 on the 24 hours previously to a total of 2,352.
Mr Trump's press conference criticism appeared to be a reference to the UK Government following a plan for so-called "herd immunity".
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