Great Britain is the first European country to overcome 32 thousand coronavirus victims; already on Tuesday, 5 May 2020, the country overtook Italy, becoming the new epicentre of the pandemic in Europe, and is now the second country in the world after the United States in terms of number of victims.
British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab called the situation an unprecedented tragedy.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who returned to Downing Street after being hospitalized in intensive care for contracting COVID-19, announced the start of a new phase for the country.
Details from London, with the correspondent Nicol degli Innocenti.
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