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Original caption: Britain, France and Germany intend to relax Christmas epidemic prevention lockdown, experts warn: this may lead to a third wave of epidemics early next year
[Corresponsal especial del Global Times en el Reino Unido, Francia, Alemania, Ji Shuangcheng, Dong Ming Qingmu]Less than a month to go until the traditional Western holiday of Christmas. European governments like Britain, France and Germany are preparing to relax the blockade in December and allow people to spend Christmas. Get together with the family and celebrate. At the time of these measures, officials from the EU and the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that if governments are still unable to put in place the systems necessary to contain new infections, Europe will face a third wave of epidemics in early 2000. 2021.
According to a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) report on the 25th, the governments of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland reached consensus on the 24th and decided to relax the epidemic prevention restrictions during the Christmas period of 5 days from December 23 to 27, allowing up to 3 Families form a “Christmas epidemic prevention bubble” and can visit and get to know each other, the number of people is unlimited, but the members must be permanent. A family can only join a “Christmas Anti-Epidemic Bubble” and the meeting place can only be at home, religious places or outdoors, and not entertainment venues such as bars, restaurants or theaters. British Prime Minister Johnson declared in a video speech on the night of the 24th that the decision was a “special expedient and for a limited time.”
According to regulations in England, people who want to meet members outside of the “Christmas Epidemic Prevention Bubble” must comply with the Level 3 Epidemic Alert System and meet outdoors. Children under the age of 18 can participate in 2 “Christmas Outbreak Prevention Bubbles” if their parents do not live together and do not have to choose to spend the holidays alone with their father or mother. During the Christmas period, the traffic ban between the four main UK regions will also be relaxed at the same time.
The rule that bars still have to be closed during Christmas has worried many practitioners. McLarkin, chief executive of the British Beer and Pub Association, said the bar restrictions could cause “unnecessary pain and irreversible damage” to the industry. “Why can people meet at home, but the bar can’t be open normally?”
According to the French newspaper Le Figaro on the 25th, French President Macron delivered the sixth national televised speech since the outbreak of the new corona pneumonia on the night of the 24th, announcing that the “three steps” will be announced from of this Saturday. The plan clearly stated that “the peak of the second wave of epidemics has passed.” At the same time, Macron confirmed that the first batch of new corona vaccines will be obtained from late December to early January next year, but that nationals will not be required to vaccinate.
According to the “three-step” plan, as of the 28th, “non-essential commercial places” such as bookstores and barber shops can be reopened and remain open until 9 pm. However, the rules for working from home and going by road have not changed, but the radius of exit of people has been changed from 1 km to 20 km, and the exit time has been extended to 3 hours.
As of December 15, if the number of newly diagnosed cases per day is reduced to 5,000 and the number of critically ill patients is still controlled between 2,500 and 3,000, the second phase of unblocking will begin. Although the 9 am to 7 am curfew will continue nightly, exceptions can be made on December 24 and 31.
This means that during the Christmas and New Year holidays this year, French people are expected to travel within the country and meet up with family and friends. Macron urged the French to continue to wear masks when visiting family and friends, pay attention to maintaining social distancing and wash their hands frequently to protect the health of their families. At the same time, large-scale gatherings and celebrations will continue to be banned, and places like bars, restaurants and nightclubs will not yet be open at this stage. The opening date will not be determined until January of next year. If the epidemic situation continues to improve, January 20 of next year will be the third and last stage of the national unblocking. At that time, restaurants and sports venues will reopen, high schools will resume offline classes, and colleges will have to wait until February 5 to reopen.
According to a report by German TV One on the 25th, German Chancellor Merkel held an epidemic prevention meeting with the governors of 16 states on the same day to establish the rules for the prevention of epidemics during the Christmas period. According to the report, according to the consensus reached at the meeting, from this week until December 20, Germany will continue to implement the epidemic prevention measures formulated earlier this month, including the continued closure of hotels, restaurants and gyms. During the Christmas period (December 23 to January 1 of next year), there are new regulations.
Currently, a maximum of two families are allowed to participate in private gatherings, and two or more families will be allowed to participate during the Christmas period; the maximum number of meetings will be increased from 5 to 10; After the meeting, the government encourages participants to isolate themselves for several days. Agence France-Presse said some states with milder epidemics previously requested that party restrictions be lifted, and the new regulations are more relaxed than existing regulations, meaning a compromise has been reached between the states. However, during the Christmas period, it is still forbidden to set off fireworks in high-traffic streets and squares. On the one hand, it is to avoid crowds and increase the risk of infection; on the other hand, to reduce accidental injuries and displace already scarce medical resources.
Merkel said on the 24th that only when the incidence rate per 100,000 citizens in 7 days falls to around 50, will Germany be able to relax the restrictions. According to data from the Robert Koch Institute in Germany, the data was 142 on the 24th.
Some medical experts issued warnings about the “Christmas epidemic prevention rules” issued by European countries. Andrew Hayward, a member of the British Emergency Scientific Advisory Group, said on the 24th that the relaxation of epidemic prevention during the holiday period will lead to a third wave of epidemics early next year. “This is actually adding fuel to the new corona epidemic. It will definitely increase infections and cause the hospital is overcrowded.” WHO epidemiologist Van Kelkhoff said that the decision governments make during the holidays is “extremely difficult”, “but in some cases, not having family gatherings is the safest approach.”
In his speech to the European Parliament on the 25th, the President of the European Commission, Von der Lein, called on countries to take a “slow and cautious approach” to lift epidemic prevention measures and warned governments that ” don’t repeat the same mistakes. ” He said that the European Commission has signed 6 vaccine procurement contracts with vaccine research and development companies for a total of more than 2 billion doses. The first group of EU citizens will be able to receive the new crown vaccine at the end of December this year.
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