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Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce new and stricter restrictions on Covid-19 on Monday, as the UK is at a new ‘tipping point’ similar to the situation in March.
“In our national fight against Covid-19, we are at a similar tipping point than we were in March; but we can prevent history from repeating itself if we all act now, ”said Jonathan Van-Tam, deputy chief medical officer.
As of Saturday night, there were 15,166 new cases of coronavirus, three times the daily peaks in April and May. There were 81 deaths in the past 24 hours, and hospitals reported an increase in admitted patients. Overall, there have been 57,347 deaths and 590,844 cases in the UK.
Several areas in England are already under local lockdown. Johnson is due to announce a new set of tougher measures to curb the spread of the virus in the House of Commons on Monday, when the Labor opposition flayed his government’s supposedly confusing messages to the people.
Van-Tam said: “Unfortunately, as night follows day, the increase in deaths will continue in the coming weeks. The good news is that we are now much more certain that children are not usually very affected by this virus.
“We now have much improved testing capabilities, we know in more detail where the disease is, and we have better treatments. At the beginning of the year, we were battling a semi-invisible disease, about which we had little knowledge, and it spread into the community with great speed. Now we know where it is and how to approach it, let’s seize this opportunity and prevent history from repeating itself, “he added.
Johnson is likely to announce a new and clearer three-tier restriction system under which the areas with the highest infection rates will be told to close all pubs, restaurants and some commercial establishments in their areas.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced last week the extension and expansion of an employment support scheme from November 1 to April 2021, indicating that the government now assumes that the new set of measures should be in effect for at least minus the next six years. months.
