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-All non-essential stores must be closed
-A meeting of three families allowed and canceled
– High intensity ban on ‘Christmas Bubble’
The British government decided to cancel the Christmas period relaxation policy and implement an emergency lockdown as the corona19 strain rapidly spread across south-east England, including the capital London.
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| On the 19th (local time), shopping crowds fill the streets of Regent in London, England. The British government decided to urgently block London and surrounding areas when the corona variant virus19 was discovered, and the Dutch government decided to temporarily ban flights from the UK. EPA Yonhap News |
According to the BBC broadcast on the 19th (local time), British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a video conference with ministers on the day to discuss measures to deal with Corona 19, and announced that some areas, including London, were will update to the fourth stage of Corona 19’s response
The government decided that existing three-stage countermeasures are limited to responding to the virus that is spreading rapidly in London and nearby areas, and recently established the fourth stage. It also announced that it will upgrade the eastern part of England, including all of London, to the current three phases, such as Kent, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Surrey and Portsmouth, and eastern regions of England such as Luton, Hertfordshire and Essex from the 20th.
Step 4 is that all nonessential stores, gyms and hair salons should be closed. If working from home is not possible, you must stay home except for the purpose of attending school, daycare, or exercising.
Prime Minister Johnson also planned to allow a ‘Christmas bubble’ in England, where up to three households could meet indoors over a five-day period starting on the 23rd, but recently, as Corona 19 spreads again, it has shrunk to one day on Christmas Day. Also, in areas that have been upgraded to stage 4, they have decided to launch a high intensity containment that completely bans the ‘Christmas Bubble’.
With less than a week of Christmas remaining, the government’s position has changed dramatically due to the variant of crown 19 known as ‘VUI-202012/01’.
Prime Minister Johnson explained that the strain is 70% more infectious than the existing virus and can increase the reproductive rate by as much as 0.4, so there is no alternative to strengthen the response. “The New Respiratory Virus Threat Advisory Group (NERVTAG) has analyzed this strain for the past few days,” he said. “There is no evidence that the variant causes more severe disease or higher mortality, but it has been shown to spread much faster.” Reporter Eunjung Lee
