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The UK's coronavirus lockdown will continue for another 3 weeks

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  • The UK's coronavirus lockdown will continue for at least another 3 weeks.
  • Acting leader Dominic Raab announced on Thursday that it would be extended until early-May.
  • This means Brits will continue to be barred from leaving their homes apart from a limited number of essential activities.
  • The vast majority of businesses will also continue to be closed.
  • One scientific adviser to the government, Sir Jeremy Farrar, warned this week that the UK could end up as the worst-hit country in Europe from the coronavirus.
  • Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

The UK's lockdown will continue for at least another three weeks, Boris Johnson's government has announced.

Other European countries have already begun to wind back their lockdown measures as the number of new coronavirus cases flatten across the continent.

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