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FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed coronavirus model is seen in front of a world map and the words"CoronaVirus Disease " on display in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationBritain’s constitution offers no clear answer to the question now on many Britons’ minds: who takes over if Boris Johnson gets too sick to lead the country?
When asked about who would stand in for the prime minister, his spokesman said: “The prime minister has the power to delegate responsibility to any of his ministers, but for now it is the prime minister and then the foreign secretary.”Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to declare a state of emergency on Tuesday, giving governors stronger legal authority to urge people to stay home and businesses to close.
“There are difficult months ahead. Our task is to create the conditions to live with the virus,” at least until a vaccine is developed, Health Minister Roberto Speranza told the daily La Repubblica newspaper. She said the justifiable focus on her behaviour risked becoming a distraction from the hugely important job that government and the medical profession had to do in getting the country through this pandemic.Japanese social media celebrity Pikotaro returned as a leading Twitter trend in Japan on Monday with a coronavirus hand washing song that repurposes his signature Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen to Pray-for-People-and-Peace.
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