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LONDON -- In a video in his latest Twitter entry, Johnson said that he "will continue to lead the government's response via video-conference as we fight this virus."
"Be in no doubt that I can continue thanks to the wizardry of modern technology to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fightback against coronavirus," he reassured.
"I want to thank everybody involved and, of course, our amazing NHS (National Health Service) staff," he said, adding "Together we will beat this."
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ULAN BATOR -- "Currently, the situation in our country has not reached a level that can delay the parliamentary elections. If the situation changes and will become different from what we expected, the issue will be discussed," the country's Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh said Friday.
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PARIS -- China has assumed its role as a major country in the global fight against COVID-19 by adopting "the strategy of international cooperation," said former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.
"China reacted forcefully and quickly to the brutal arrival of the crisis on its territory," the French veteran politician said.
"China's good cooperation with the World Health Organization has enabled various national authorities to prepare, as best as possible, for the difficulties brought by the wave of contamination," Raffarin added.
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UNITED NATIONS -- While UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Group of 20 (G20) leaders on Thursday, "We are at war with a virus -- and not winning," UN entities around the world are unrelenting in providing aid to fight COVID-19.
"This war needs a wartime plan to fight it," he told a virtual meeting of G20 leaders. "Solidarity is essential among the G20 and with the developing world, including countries in conflict."
"All countries must be able to combine systematic testing, tracing, quarantining and treatment with restrictions on movement and contact, aiming to suppress transmission of the virus. And they have to coordinate the exit strategy to keep it suppressed until a vaccine becomes available," the UN chief said. Enditem
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