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The announcement of a new closure by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has caused panic in Londoners who, last night, broke into train stations trying to leave the capital before, at midnight, the strict anti-pandemic. Today the government ran for cover and announced that police will be deployed in all “red zones” to verify exits. “If you are in a level four zone, the law requires that you stay at home and cannot spend the night outside said Grant Shapps, Undersecretary for Travel. Follow the instructions and do not go to a station unless you have permission to travel. ‘
To convince the prime minister to declare London and the southeast of England “level four” (level four) was the spread of the new variant of the coronavirus, which would be up to 70% more contagious than the original. Today British Health Minister Matt Hancock in an interview with Sky News He admitted that the new strain “is out of control” and said that the restrictive measures, in force as of today, will continue “for a couple of months.” Precisely for this reason, the government has qualified as “Totally irresponsible” Thousands of Londoners lined up yesterday on the street and on the train in a mass exodus from the lockdown regime introduced to contain the advance of the pandemic. “The best gift you can give at Christmas is to stay home and not spread the virus,” Hancock added. The new measures implemented, in fact, are aimed precisely at preventing a large-scale increase in infections.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan is critical of the government’s measures, according to who the city pays the price of “conservative failure” to contain the epidemic. “These additional restrictions are a low blow for Londoners – he said – who were hoping to spend time with their loved ones at Christmas and for merchants who have already suffered greatly this year.” For the mayor, the government made “irresponsible promises” about the holidays, thus feeding the expectations of citizens. “This will be the hardest Christmas since the war,” he concluded.
The situation alarms Europe: the new variant of the coronavirus, according to Maria Van Kerkhove, an expert from the WHO, departed from Great Britain but it has already been detected in Denmark, the Netherlands and Australia as well. “The more the virus spreads, the more likely it is to mutate,” said the academic.
December 20, 2020 (change December 20, 2020 | 15:42)
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