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Prime Minister Johnson announced that England will re-implement comprehensive lockdown measures to control the epidemic.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that to prevent and control the second wave of the new rapidly rising corona epidemic and protect the National Health and Medical System (NHS), a four-year plan will be implemented in England to starting next Thursday (November 5). Comprehensive lockdown measures for next week (until December 2).
But Michael Gove, the Lancaster Duchy Minister of Lands in the British Cabinet Office, said he sincerely hopes that the lockdown measures will end on December 2, but said that if the situation is not controlled, the date of the lockdown will not be ruled out. .
Gove told the BBC’s “Andrew Marr Show” that the move was to reduce the basic infection rate (R rate) of the virus to below 1.
During the closure, all nonessential restaurants, bars, gyms, and stores will be closed, but schools, universities, supermarkets, and other locations will remain open.
In addition to England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in the UK, each has different schedules and regulations for epidemic prevention and lockdown measures.
Currently, various parts of the UK have implemented three levels of control measures, from one to three, depending on the local epidemic situation. The higher the level, the more severe the epidemic.
Can be extended
Prime Minister Johnson stated that after the comprehensive lockdown measures ended on December 2, the current three-tier control measures will be returned.
But Gove emphasized that whether the blockade will extend beyond December 2 depends on the needs of the situation and is guided by the facts.
British Cabinet Secretary Gove said the lockdown measures are likely to last for more than four weeks (December 2).
Gove previously told Sky News that the lockdown could extend beyond December 2.
He said this is done first to keep the infection rate below 1; second, to protect the NHS from total paralysis.
New blocking measures
The new lockdown measures mean that no one will leave unless necessary.
At that time, in England, except going to school, going to the doctor, doing jobs that you can’t do at home, having to go shopping, running and exercising, trying to stay home.
People can no longer come here casually, but people who live alone can form an exclusive mutual assistance group with another friend or family who lives alone.
Bars and restaurants will be closed, but take-out services are allowed.
Not all non-essential travel and holidays are allowed, including travel within the UK and overseas.
Break 1 million
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At that time, all restaurants and bars will be closed. Many young people went out to party before the closure.
The UK currently has an average of more than 20,000 new infections each day, and the total number of confirmed new corona cases has exceeded one million and the death toll exceeds 46,000.
The United Kingdom is the country with the ninth case that exceeds one million after the United States, India, Brazil, Russia, France, Spain, Argentina and Colombia.
Besides the UK, there are many countries in Europe that are experiencing serious epidemics. Many countries, including France, Germany, Spain and Belgium, are experiencing the second wave of epidemics. Among them, the most serious are France and Spain.
According to a government epidemic model seen by the BBC, without any intervention, the death toll from the new crown in the UK can reach more than 4,000 people every day.
Johnson cautioned that Christmas this year may be “very different” from previous years, but expressed hope that current measures allow people to be reunited with loved ones during Christmas.
