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UK Prime Minister missed string of emergency meetings in run-up to the outbreak

A senior British cabinet minister insisted Boris Johnson’s attendance was not expected.

A senior British cabinet minister has admitted that Boris Johnson missed five of the government's top level emergency planning meetings as the coronavirus pandemic was taking hold. Also: Russia has registered a steep rise in new cases for the second day running, and a football team from the Chinese city at the centre of the outbreak has finally arrived home.

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