The number of coronavirus cases has reached 100,276, with 55,694 recovered and 3,404 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering. From a report: The UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, said it looked like the UK would face substantial disruption due to the coronavirus. He said: “It looks like there will a substantial period of disruption where we have to deal with this outbreak.” When asked what help would be given to businesses struggling due to the outbreak, Johnson said next week’s budget presented “a big opportunity” for the country. He added: “You will be seeing in the budget next week all sorts of ways in which we want to be using this moment, the UK coming out of the European Union. All the opportunities that we have — but also dealing with this particular challenge, coronavirus, and set in the general low growth the world is seeing — to make some fantastic investments in the long term.”

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