UK to extend lockdown, says Covid-19 peak has not passed

A cyclist passes a graffiti in London on Monday asking people to stay home.

“We don’t expect to make any changes to the measures currently in place at that point, and we won’t until we’re confident as we realistically can be that any such changes can be safely made,” Raab said.New figures from the health ministry on Monday revealed that 11,329 people hospitalised with coronavirus have died in Britain, making it one of the worst-affected nations in the world.

The 55-year-old issued a video thanking the medics who cared for him, and admitting that at one point, he believed it “could have gone either way”.Johnson is recuperating at Chequers, a 16th-century mansion northwest of London used as a retreat by British premiers for the past century. “The prime minister is focusing on his recovery, and he’s not currently carrying out government work,” Johnson’s spokesman said Monday.

But the official toll only includes people in hospitals, and “there are of course unfortunately many deaths that also occur outside hospital”, he said. In his video message, Johnson paid tribute to staff at the state-run National Health Service hospital in London where he was treated.

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