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British PM: Things Will Get Worse Before They Get Better

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   "We know things will get worse before they get better," British Prime
   Minister Boris Johnson says in a letter being sentto British households
   aboutbattlingCOVID-19.

   Johnson, who is in isolation because he has thenewcoronavirus, also
   urgespeople to observe the lockdown and stay home,in an efforttoprevent
   overwhelming the National Health Service and to "save lives."

   Michael Gove, a Britishsenior minister, told the BBC Sunday that
   peopleshould prepare for a lockdown of "a significant period."

   Britain has 17,315 cases of the virus and 1,019 deaths, according to
   Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.

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