The UK has just two weeks to stop a coronavirus outbreak as bad as Italy. Here's why time is running out

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• The UK is just two weeks away from a coronavirus outbreak as bad as Italy.
• Prime Minister Boris Johnson warns that the crisis is "accelerating" and could soon overwhelm the country's healthcare system.
• Analysis of the data shows the UK could be just days away from a crisis as bad as Italy.
• The UK has closed all of its schools, pubs, restaurants, cafes, gyms and cinemas as the number of cases continues to surge.
• The UK has so far recorded a total of 5,018 confirmed coronavirus cases and 233 deaths.
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The United Kingdom has as little as two weeks to prevent its Coronavirus outbreak reaching the depths of the crisis currently seen in Italy, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned.

"The numbers are very stark, and they are accelerating. We are only a matter of weeks - two or three - behind Italy," Johnson said on Saturday.

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