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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Hon FRIBA  (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson was Member of Parliament for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and has been MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. Ideologically, Johnson identifies as a one-nation conservative.
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British PM to announce mass virus testing programme

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to announce a major testing programme in areas with the highest coronavirus infection rates as England enters a system of tiered restrictions again.

Mr Jonnson is set to announce in parliament that regions classed as very high risk will be able to bring in the army to help with mass testing as part of the government's Covid Winter Plan.

This comes after England's first city-wide testing was held in Liverpool this month, which the government hailed as a success leading to a "substantial fall" in cases.

The city is now set to trial a new system of testing where contacts of those who have tested positive can take a test every day for a week and only have to isolate if they test positive, instead of

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