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Boris Johnson made announcements of tougher measures to tackle the coronavirus that is “galloping” in Britain on Monday night. The British Prime Minister announced a new blockade for all of England, harsher than the one imposed last March.
Boris Johnson began by saying that collective efforts would have been worthwhile in the fight against the old variant of the virus, but the new mutation is spreading at an alarming rate, 50% to 70% faster. The country’s hospitals are under more pressure than ever and hospitalizations in England have risen 30% in the last week. “Clearly we have to do more,” he said. stressed.
Johnson announced national lockdown lasting at least six weeks during which citizens will be asked to stay at home and workers to work from home. All schools will be closed, as will all stores, except those that sell basic necessities.
Moving house will only be allowed for 5 reasons:
- Moving to work, only if it is impossible to work from home
- Buying basic food and medicine
- Exercise with one other person, once a day
- Provide care to a third party
- Seek medical attention
All pupils and students will turn to distance education, while scheduled exams will be difficult to complete.
“The problem is not that schools are not safe for children”he said, adding that children are highly unlikely to be seriously affected even by the new variant of the coronavirus. However, schools can act as “transmitters”, spreading the virus between homes.
The heads of the country’s health system (NHS) previously warned that hospitals in many areas would not be able to cope with the continued increase in cases and called for raise the alarm level to the highest level, Level 5.
“Without further action, there is a real risk that the NHS will be overwhelmed in many areas by the next 21 days» declares the ad.
There are currently very high transmission rates in the community, with a significant number of Covid patients in hospitals and in the intensive care unit ”., they reported. “Cases are increasing almost everywhere, in much of the country, mainly due to the new mutation of the most contagious virus” they added.
On January 2, hospital admissions in the country exceeded the maximum number observed during the first wave of the pandemic, reaching 3,145.
Britain today registered case record Covid-19, in 58,784 and 407 additional deaths. The new cases remain above 50,000 in the last seven days.
Formerly, the Minister of Health Matt hancock had left open the possibility that the whole country would be placed at level 4, arguing that level 3 is insufficient to prevent the pandemic from being stopped.
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Hancock insisted that part of the problem was due to non-compliance with the rules by citizens. Many MEPs call for more powers to be given to the police to enforce the rules
However, questions arise about the positive impact of the Tier 4 expansion, as the UK ¾ is already in it. Therefore, only the necessary shops are open and citizens are invited to stay at home.
New lockdown in Scotland, schools closed in Wales
New emergency shutdown and with stricter restrictions since March, Scottish Prime Minister Nicholas Sturgeon announced, urging citizens to stay home during January.
The measures take effect at midnight and citizens are obliged to stay home, except for necessary reasons.
In Wales, all schools and universities will continue to learn online until 18 January, announced Education Minister Kirsty Williams. Some were scheduled to open on the 11th of the month.
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