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[AFP = 연합뉴스]In the UK, where large-scale vaccinations of the new coronavirus infection vaccine (Corona 19) began, the spread of the infection, believed to be caused by a variant of the virus, has intensified and the government has stepped up countermeasures.
According to BBC broadcasts on the 14th (local time), British Health Minister Matt Hancock attended the House of Representatives that day and announced that London’s response to Corona 19 will be updated from stage 2 prior to stage 3 from the 16th.
In addition to London, the Essex and Hertfordshire regions in south-east England were also designated in three phases.
In the areas where Phase 3 is located, all pubs, bars and restaurants can only carry out delivery, packing and self-service operations. Hotels and covered entertainment venues must also be closed. You can’t meet other family members indoors, and you can only hang out with up to 6 people outside, like in a park. Visitors are again prohibited from entering professional sporting events.
Secretary Hancock explained that immediate steps must be taken to reduce the rapid and exponential rate of infection.
In particular, it discovered a strain of coronavirus, which could be the cause of a spike in infections in southern regions, including London, over the weekend, Hancock estimates. “So far more than 1,000 cases of new strains have been reported in at least 60 regions, mainly in the south of England,” he said.
However, it is said that the possibility of the virus variant causing more severe symptoms or not responding to the vaccine has yet to be discovered.
Secretary Hancock has briefed the WHO on the coronavirus strain and said UK scientists are conducting research to determine the details.
Experts are paying close attention to the emergence of the strain at the time large-scale COVID-19 vaccination began in the UK, but it is too early to judge how this strain will affect the vaccine.
“Efforts are underway to determine the nature and reason for this variant,” said Alan McNally, a professor at the University of Birmingham. “He said.
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