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UK Extends Lockdown By Three Weeks

  Britain will extend its coronavirus lockdown for “at least” another three weeks, foreign secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday, as hundreds across the country … Continue reading UK Extends Lockdown By Three Weeks


A man wearing a protective face mask takes a selfie on London Bridge on March 21, 2020, on the day that UK regions traditionally desperate for tourists, pleaded for people not to visit the coast or the countryside for fear of spreading the coronavirus. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP.
A man wearing a protective face mask takes a selfie on London Bridge on March 21, 2020, on the day that UK regions traditionally desperate for tourists, pleaded for people not to visit the coast or the countryside for fear of spreading the coronavirus. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP.

 

Britain will extend its coronavirus lockdown for “at least” another three weeks, foreign secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday, as hundreds across the country continue to die daily from the outbreak.

“The government has decided that the current measures must remain in place for at least the next three weeks,” said Raab — who is standing in for prime minister Boris Johnson who is recovering from the virus.

AFP