The prime minister says he believes the UK has 'turned the tide' in the fight against coronavirus
"We are seeing the first chink of light and the hope that there will be preparations, treatments - there already are - that could make a big difference to mortality rates and we are making big investments in vaccines.
"None of that negates the importance of us continuing to follow the rules, control the virus and save lives."The PM declared:"We've turned the tide on it, we haven't yet, finally, defeated it." Critics of the government's handling of the crisis, including Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party - allege that Mr Johnson was too slow in introducing the lockdown.One of the government's former key advisersthat deaths could have been reduced"by at least half" if the lockdown had been introduced sooner.
Professor Neil Ferguson, of London's Imperial College, told the Commons science committee:"The epidemic was doubling every three to four days before lockdown interventions were introduced.
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