LONDON, April 17 — Britain extended its nationwide lockdown yesterday as stand-in leader Dominic Raab ordered Britons to stay at home for at least another three weeks to prevent the spread of a coronavirus outbreak which has already claimed over 138,000 lives globally. “We have just come too...
A man walks past a graffiti of a blue heart with the letters NHS, during lockdown to combat the Covid-19 outbreak in London, Britain April 8, 2020. — Reuters pic
Raab is deputising while Prime Minister Boris Johnson recuperates from Covid-19 complications that nearly cost him his life. Raab chaired an emergency meeting yesterday to review scientific evidence on the impact of the existing lockdown “Based on this advice... the government has decided that the current measures must remain in place for at least the next three weeks,” he said.
The announcement, which had been widely expected, means Britons must stay at home unless they are shopping for basic necessities, or meeting medical needs. Citizens are allowed to exercise in public once a day, and can travel to work if they are unable to work from home. Opposition Labour Party leader Kier Starmer said he supported the extended restrictions, but added: “We also need clarity about what plans are being put in place to lift the lockdown when the time is right.”
Restrictions across the globe have effectively closed down much of the world economy, and the United Kingdom is heading towards its deepest depression in three centuries.
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