Coronavirus update: 'Families are going to lose loved ones,' says Boris Johnson

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Boris Johnson described Coronavirus as the “worst public health crisis for a generation” and warned families to be braced for the deaths of loved ones.

His bleak warning came it emerged there are 5,000 to 10,000 Britons carrying the virus that is sweeping the world.

“This is the worst public health crisis for a generation,” said the Prime Minister at a press conference.

“I must level with the British public – many more families are going to lose loved ones before their time.”

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