LONDON - Britain said it expected the next round of negotiations with the European Union to go ahead as scheduled, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said on Tuesday.

The spokesman said there were no contingency measures for the talks in place despite the global coronavirus outbreak.

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