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Coronavirus lockdown 'likely to be extended for up to three weeks'

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The government is expected to extend restrictions to combat the spread of coronavirus beyond next week, according to multiple reports tonight.

Boris Johnson announced the three week lockdown on March 23, ordering the entire population not to leave the house apart from to buy food or medicine, exercise once a day, or to go to work if 'absolutely necessary'.

The Prime Minister is currently in intensive care after his coronavirus symptoms worsened. The Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has temporarily stepped into his shoes and the biggest decision he has to make in Mr Johnson's absence is whether to extend the restrictions beyond next week.

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