“Relaxing any of the measures currently in place would risk damage to both public health and the economy,” he told reporters. Raab is deputising while Prime Minister Boris Johnson recuperates from COVID-19 complications that nearly cost him his life. A YouGov poll conducted before Thursday’s announcement showed 91% of Britons supported a three week extension to the lockdown. Sun will shine againThe United Kingdom’s death toll from Covid-19 in hospitals rose 861 to 13,729, as of 1600 GMT on April 15. “If we relax measures too much then we will see a resurgence in transmission,” he told BBC radio.

Source: The Express Tribune April 16, 2020 16:18 UTC