Britain will extend its coronavirus lockdown for at least three more weeks as a relaxation of the measures would damage both public health and the economy, Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said on Thursday. The U.K.'s hospital death toll from COVID-19 rose by 861 to 13,729 as of 4 p.m. Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock speaks Wednesday during the daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19) digital news conference at 10 Downing Street. (Jacob King/Reuters)Meanwhile, Prince William on Thursday opened an emergency COVID-19 hospital built in just eight days in the exhibition centre of Britain's second city, Birmingham. The hospital is the second of seven being constructed around England in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Source: CBC News April 16, 2020 12:12 UTC