UK Prepares To Extend Virus Lockdown – Peak Hasn’t Passed
April 13, 2020
6:38 pm
The British government warned Monday it would not be lifting a nationwide lockdown anytime soon as the country remains in the grip of a coronavirus outbreak that has claimed more than 11,000 lives.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is deputising for Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he recovers from his own bout of COVID-19, said there were some “positive” signs of progress.
But he warned at a daily media briefing: “We’re still not past the peak of this virus.”
The government must decide by Thursday whether to maintain three-week-old lockdown rules to keep schools and shops shut and order people …
