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The emergence of a new strain of the coronavirus has forced the British authorities to establish tough measures restrictive in much of the UK due to alarming increase in Covid-19 cases.
Given the scientific evidence that indicates that the new strain accelerates virus transmission by up to 70 percent more, the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was forced to modify the population movement plans for this Christmas, amid criticism of the Labor opposition for not having taken these measures earlier.
This worrying level of infections in London and the southeast of England, forced the executive to place these areas as of this Sunday at risk level 4 -grave-, with the closure of stores that They sell non-essential items, gyms, movie theaters, while asking people to work from home.
In addition, the autonomous authorities of Wales communicated that all this territory will be, from this midnight, in total confinementwhile the rules flexible movement in days prior to Christmas are canceled except for the 25th.
In Scotland, the Chief Minister, Nicola sturgeon, announced that travel from Scotland to other British nations and vice versa will not be allowedWhile the number of people who can meet on Christmas Day will be limited to eight.
In North Ireland, the authorities of this province also announced confinement measures that will enter effective as of December 26 and will last for six weeks.
The latest official figures
The last Official figures indicate that 534 people died in the last day in the UK, with which the total number of deaths since beginning of the pandemic amounts to 67,075.
After the British Government the appearance of the new strain was reported a few days ago, the authorities confirmed that they have already alerted the World Health Organization (WHO).
While this variant spreads with speed, there is no evidence that it is more lethal or that it may have an impact on the effectiveness of vaccines developed against Covid-19 and that are already being supplied in some countries, although this point is being urgently evaluated for confirmation.
Restraining measures
At level 4, it will only be authorized the meeting of one person with another who does not live under the same roof only in the open air.
The first Minister asked the people who are in the different levels of restrictions in which England is divided, by virtue of the number of cases, stay in their places of residence.
Also, who living at level 4 will not be allowed to travel abroad, although with “limited exceptions“-as it may be for work reasons- they will not be able to travel to the English areas that are in the three lower levels.
He “Prime Minister” has modified the plans for the Christmas period in England by establishing that those in levels 1, 2 and 3 of restrictions -low, moderate and substantial-, only three groups from different ceilings, can meet only on the 25th.
Until today, these meetings were authorized between December 22 and 28, to give flexibility to families.
Canceled flights
In this context the Netherlands has decided to ban air traffic to the UK immediately and for at least 10 days, following a recommendation from the health authorities Dutch women out of fears of the new variant of the coronavirus.
In a statement, the Health Ministry confirmed that a study carried out in the Netherlands in early December revealed that a virus with the variant described by the United Kingdom was also circulating, and, following the alarm in London, health authorities are now analyzing this strain of coronavirus, how the affected person was infected and if there are related cases.
Same decision made by the Italian government, which was informed by the Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio.
The decision has already been communicated to the London authorities, the head of Italian diplomacy explained on social media.
“As a Government we have a duty to protect Italians and for that reason, after having notified the English Government, we are about to sign a measure with the Minister of Health to suspend flights with Great Britain“Di Maio explained.
