1 May 2020

Coronavirus: UK has passed peak, Boris Johnson announces

From Morning Report, 6:42 am on 1 May 2020

The British Prime Minister says the United Kingdom has passed the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The UK has recorded the third highest death rate from the coronavirus in the world with over 26,000 deaths.

Speaking at his first coronavirus briefing since his return to work on Monday, Boris Johnson says the virus was now on a downward slope.

London correspondent Olly Barratt speaks to Corin Dann.