Coronavirus live blog: latest as Chancellor announces loans worth £330 billion to support businesses

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By Claire Schofield

Published 17th Mar 2020, 08:03 GMT

Updated 17th Mar 2020, 21:33 GMT

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a press conference on the ongoing situation with the coronavirus pandemic with chief medical officer Chris Whitty and Chief scientific officer Sir Patrick Vallance in Downing Street after he had taken part in the government's COBRA meeting on March 16 (Photo: Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a press conference on the ongoing situation with the coronavirus pandemic with chief medical officer Chris Whitty and Chief scientific officer Sir Patrick Vallance in Downing Street after he had taken part in the government's COBRA meeting on March 16 (Photo: Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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