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17 April 2020, 16:31
WATCH LIVE: Coronavirus press conference (17 April 2020)
Watch the government's coronavirus daily public briefing - the feed will appear here once it begins.
The press conference will be hosted by business secretary Alok Sharma.
It comes as the UK's coronavirus death toll rose to 14,576 - up 847 from Thursday.
At yesterday's press conference, foreign secretary Dominic Raab announced that the lockdown would last at least three more weeks.
Read more: Top public health expert warns MPs of 40,000 UK deaths in first wave of Covid-19
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