Lockdown restrictions in the UK will continue for "at least" another

three weeks as it tackles the coronavirus outbreak, Dominic Raab

has said.

The foreign secretary told the daily No 10 briefing that a review had
concluded relaxing the measures now would risk harming public
health and the economy.

"We still don't have the infection rate down as far as we need to,"
he said.

It comes as the UK recorded another 861 coronavirus deaths in

hospital, taking the total to 13,729.
Strict limits on daily life - such as requiring people to stay at home,
shutting many businesses and preventing gatherings of more than
two people - were introduced on 23 March, as the government tried
to limit the spread of coronavirus.
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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.

"If we rush to relax the measures that we have in place we