U.K. to Decide on Lockdown Extension as Virus Seen Peaking

(Bloomberg) -- 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: 1