Coronavirus, in the UK a peak of infections since May. Minister of Health: “Serious situation, confinement is not excluded”

In UK the “situation is very serious” because in recent weeks there has been “an acceleration of cases” and therefore “we must act.” Even with a possible crash reset. British Prime Minister Boris johnson avoided the hypothesis of a second total block – that also Israel faces from today and is the first country in the world to reintroduce it, but the British Health Minister Matt hancock now does not exclude it for theEngland. The situation is contagious UK in fact it worries: since last night for another 2 million people in the northeast ofEngland The limitations have been restored and in everything are more than 11 million British citizens subjected to containment measures contagion, between early closings of locals public and prohibitions of meeting. In practice, almost one sixth of the population (in total 66 million inhabitants).

By Hancock other emergency shutdown in Britain It is “the last line of defense” to be taken if necessary, he said. Bbc. “It is essential that people follow the rules”, so “we can avoid having to do another series measurements“, He declared recalling the importance of the new” rule of six “in England, that is, the maximum limit of the number of people who can get together, the use of mask and the spacing. At the same time, he stressed, national blockades can “keep people safe.” Others localized closures however, a Madrid, the Spanish region most affected by the pandemic of COVID-19.

The numbers of the pandemic – New infections registered on Friday September 18, after Thursday’s drop, they bounce to 4,322: may peak, although in a total of daily tests that now exceed 230,000. Also above dead (27 versus 21 the day before) and hospitalizations, which returned a little more than a thousand in total in the country. On the other hand, at the moment, patients undergoing a total of around 120-130 are stable. intensive care.

The areas affected by the restrictions – They have been introduced since last night in Northeast Dell ‘England (Northumberland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gateshead, Sunderland and Durham), where all public places must close by 10pm and meetings with people from other families are limited. The other areas are: Manchester, Trafford, Oldham, Bury, Bolton, Tameside, Salford e Rochdale, where more than 4 million people are already restricted. Still Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull, Leicester me Lancashire. Social constraints already fully operational also in Welsh me Scotland.

Insufficient pads – In UK also mount the controversy on the failure of the follow-up strategy Track and trace, which resulted in recent weeks in a pilot project that provides “pocket money” for the less well-off who respect the quarantine. A measure incentive strongly criticized by the opposition that seeks to persuade some segments of the population to isolate themselves in case of contagion. But meanwhile the request for tampons is shooting, and the Britain does not satisfy the demand for test. The top of the gods is not enough 234 thousand Held in a single day to fill the explosion of requests, with health authorities and the government forced to admit that at this point they are unable to clear the queues of those who book.

“Now it is clear that today request it exceeds the capacity we have, ”the baroness told Parliament. Dido Harding, appointed by the government of Boris johnson to manage this complex operation. Harding estimated that the Bookings are currently between 3 and 4 times greater than the capacity of laboratories, although this increased exponentially in the Kingdom in recent months, at European record levels in absolute numbers. Much higher demand, government under fire. Be Dido Harding both the Minister of Relations with Parliament, Jacob Rees-MoggHowever, they defended themselves against renewed protests from the opposition. Work of not having been able to foresee this emergence of questions, highlighting on the one hand the continuous effort to further increase the available evidence, on the other hand the need to stop proliferate of unnecessary testing requests from people without symptoms. Petitions calculated currently in at least a quarter of total. But tracking the asymptomatic is also crucial to containing the virus.

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