UK PM Johnson: we can get on top of coronavirus in 12 weeks

•  "At the moment, the disease is proceeding in a way that does not seem yet to be responding to our interventions," he told a news conference.
• I cannot stand here and tell you that by the end of June we will be on a downward slope. It's possible but I simply can't say that that's for certain."

"At the moment, the disease is proceeding in a way that does not seem yet to be responding to our interventions," he told a news conference.

"I believe that a combination of the measures that we're asking the public to take and better testing, scientific progress, will enable us to get on top of it within the next 12 weeks... I cannot stand here and tell you that by the end of June we will be on a downward slope. It's possible but I simply can't say that that's for certain."