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Three months, 50,000 deaths and a nation locked down - how the coronavirus has brought Britain to its knees

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told a press briefing on March 19, the day before ordering pubs and bars to close, and four days before putting the UK under lockdown.

Three months down the line, and more than 80 press briefings later, the UK has seen more than 50,000 deaths involving Covid-19.

With statistics showing a peak in numbers in mid-April and repeated calls to ‘stay at home’ fading into the past, Mr Johnson this week told the nation he believed his prediction had come true - that the tide had been turned.

News of a new drug treatment expected to save one in eight coronavirus patients admitted to hospital, and continued work to find a vaccine, are signs we are starting to see ‘a chink of light’, according to the prime minister.

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