U.K. to Decide on Lockdown Extension as Virus Seen Peaking
- Foreign Secretary Raab expected to extend national shutdown
- Medical officials say Britain likely to soon pass worst
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The U.K. is expected to extend its nationwide lockdown even as pressure builds on the government to map out a strategy for easing the restrictions amid signs the country may soon be past the peak of the pandemic.
U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab -- standing in for Boris Johnson as the prime minister recuperates following his hospitalization -- will make the lockdown call following an emergency committee meeting on Thursday. The panel is faced with a steadily rising death toll: 12,868 people have now died in hospitals due to Covid-19 in the U.K., after a daily increase of 761 in the latest figures.