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UK PM makes first public appearance after virus absence

AFP WORLD
Published April 27,2020
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a statement in Downing Street in central London on April 27, 2020 after returning to work following more than three weeks off after being hospitalised with the COVID-19 illness. (AFP Photo)

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday made his first public appearance in nearly a month after a spell in hospital and several days in intensive care with novel coronavirus.

In a statement outside his Downing Street office, he said Britain was "beginning to turn the tide" in tackling COVID-19 but indicated no immediate lifting of lockdown restrictions.