English variant of coronavirus: cases peak in the UK and deaths date back to 691. France reopens borders to negative test passengers

Despite the restrictive measures in force, the Britain today touches a new peak of daily infections of COVID-19, which occurs after the alarm about the propagation of the call variant English. In the last 24 hours, 36,807 cases have been registered, which is the largest daily increase since the start of the pandemic. Deaths, on the other hand, rose to 691, the highest daily number in several days. Finally, the total of tampons executed, worth more than 420 thousand. It was Monday check in 33,364 cases and 215 deaths, while on Sunday 35,928 cases and 326 deaths. The numbers are usually lower on weekends and shortly after. In total in the Kingdom United 2,110,314 infections and 68,307 deaths were recorded.

And precisely because of the variant English, which led to the blocking of connections to many European countries – Italy included – today there are long lines in the direction of the British port of Dover, temporarily closed to the transit of goods after measurements precautionary decided by France. In the evening, however, the French Prime Minister, Jean Castex, announced that Paris will allow the return from the United Kingdom of French citizens, British residents in France and “those who have a legitimate reason” from tomorrow. However, everyone must have made a negative test in the previous 72 hours. “Eurostar planes, ships and trains will resume their service from tomorrow morning,” transport owner Jean-Baptiste Djebbari tweeted.

In cargo traffic, on the other hand, a solution is expected “in the next few hours” while they have risen to 2,800 trucks blocked waiting for the green light to leave the UK after the 48 hour stop imposed on Sunday night. However, representatives of British transport and large-scale distribution have pointed out that the expected green light for the resumption of the regular passage of goods will not guarantee a standardization immediate and at this point it will take a few days to clear the queues that have added to the already intense traffic linked to the increase stock supply of various products imported to the island in view of the customs hitches of a possible non-agreement in the negotiations between London me Brussels in after Brexi.

In the UK there are long lines in front of supermarkets and the shelves are already empty at the end of the morning. Although about 25% of the food consumed on British tables comes from abroad, and up to 80% of fresh vegetables are imported, Tim Rycroft, director of the trade association Federation of Food and Beverages, However, I affirm that at least in the immediate future there are really no risks to the supply of food and medicine, as Johnson said yesterday. The doubts, however, concern the future: the hypothesis of a trade non-agreement with the EU would expose the customs trench to real chaos, at least in the immediate future, between tariffs and generalized controls, and would make the Kingdom even more dependent. of the couplings on the Calais-Dover route.