Prime Minister Boris Johnson has described every death as a "tragedy" after the UK's Covid death toll passed 50,000.
However, he said he was optimistic for the future as the country now had two "boxing gloves to pummel the disease" - the ability to rapid test, and the prospect of a vaccine.
Report by Alibhaiz.
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