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BMJ 2025; 388 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r551 (Published 19 March 2025) Cite this as: BMJ 2025;388:r551
- Alison Shepherd
- The BMJ
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On 23 March 2020 the prime minister, Boris Johnson, announced to the UK public, “From this evening I must give the British …
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