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Johnson returns to Downing St following virus recovery

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has returned to Downing Street to take charge of the UK Government's response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Mr Johnson arrived at No 10 this evening three weeks after he was hospitalised with the disease. He returned to a growing chorus of calls from senior Tories to begin easing the country's shutdown amid mounting dismay at the damage it was causing to the economy.

Earlier, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab insisted there could be no immediate relaxation, saying the outbreak was still at a "delicate and dangerous" stage.

Mr Johnson - who has spent the past fortnight recuperating at his official country residence at Chequers - is expected to chair the meeting of the Government's Covid-19 "war

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