There are signs that social-distancing measures are starting to slow the spread of coronavirus in Britain but that does not mean that the new rules should be relaxed, the director of the National Health Service said
The government said 1,789 people have died in hospitals from coronavirus as of 1600 GMT on Monday, an increase of 381 from Sunday, the largest rise in absolute terms yet.
Britain initially took a gradual approach to containing the virus compared with European countries such as Italy. While that is similar to the trajectory of Italy - the world’s worst-hit country - when it was reporting similar numbers of deaths just over two weeks ago, British officials said on Tuesday they saw tentative reasons for optimism.
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