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The crackdown, already reintroduced in recent weeks in cities like Birmingham and Leicester, is now spreading to various areas of the Northeast. For the premier, it is about avoiding a new total closure that “would destroy our economy”
Localized confinements are back for almost 2 million people in the northeast of England. This was formalized by the British Minister of Health, Matt Hancock, who has expanded the repression already reintroduced in recent weeks in cities such as Birmingham, Bolton or Leicester (THE SPECIAL – LIVE UPDATES).
Increased infections
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This is “an immediate response” to “concerns” about the new increase in coronavirus infections in the area, Hancock explained, with local infection rates currently ranging between 70 and 103 diagnosed cases per 100,000 inhabitants, significantly more. higher than the national average. Eliminating the specter, “disastrous” for the economy, of a national blockade is the main objective of the Boris Johnson executive.
The word of the first Johnson
Keeping our guard up “is the only way to ensure that the country can enjoy Christmas later,” Johnson said in an interview with the Sun, among other things defending the recent decision to reimpose a cap on social contacts. and family reunions throughout the island for up to 6 people. “What I want to avoid is a new blockade that destroys our economy,” he explained, insisting that to avoid such an epilogue, however, we must act “now” to “flex” the second wave: “the second hump of the dromedary or camel “He added jokingly about” never remembering “which one has two humps.
