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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Hon FRIBA  (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson was Member of Parliament for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and has been MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. Ideologically, Johnson identifies as a one-nation conservative.
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No Drop In Coronavirus 'R Rate' As UK Approaches Bank Holiday Weekend

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Latest estimates suggest the UK-wide reproduction rate of coronavirus – the so-called “R rate” – has remained at 0.7 to 1.0 for a second week.

Boris Johnson has said driving the R down is key to any further easing of the lockdown measures. There is a time lag in the calculations, with the government scientists’ latest R value relating to what was happening two to three weeks ago.

If R is greater than 1 the epidemic is generally seen to be growing; if R is less than 1 the epidemic is shrinking. R measures the number of people, on average, that each sick person will infect.

An R number of 1 means that on average every person who is infected will infect 1 other person, meaning the total number of new infections is stable.

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