Coronavirus: What’s the lockdown strategy? – BBC Newsnight

The UK government has announced that the strict lockdown measures in place are to continue for at least the next three weeks.
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Strict limits on daily life – requiring people to stay at home, shutting many businesses and preventing gatherings of more than two people – were introduced in the UK on 23 March, as the government tried to limit the spread of coronavirus.

Ministers are required by law to assess whether the rules are working, based on expert advice, every three weeks.

Mr Raab, deputising for Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he recovers from the illness, said: “There is light at the end of the tunnel but we are now at both a delicate and a dangerous stage in this pandemic.

Lewis Goodall reports.

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