COVID-19 Lockdown in UK Extended for Another Three Weeks
The lockdown in the UK, implemented to control the spread of the Coronavirus, has been extended for another three weeks, as announced by the UK government.
Dominic Raab, the British Foreign Secretary, revealed the decision during the daily No 10 briefing, emphasizing that relaxing the measures at this point would pose risks to public health and the economy.
Raab addressed reporters stating that easing the lockdown now could lead to a second peak in the virus, undoing the progress made so far and causing further damage to the economy.
He stressed, "The worst thing we can do now is to ease up too soon, so the current restrictions will remain in place."
"There is light at the end of the tunnel, but we are now at both a delicate and a dangerous stage in this pandemic," Raab ad...