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England has previously had three levels of infection control depending on the amount of infection that has occurred in different regions.
On Saturday, the country introduced a new tier, tier four, which will apply to parts of London and south-east England.
The new rules apply from Sunday morning and mainly mean that people in level four areas must stay home.
Stores that sell items that are not necessary for subsistence will need to close.
The Prime Minister said that the planned reliefs to be applied for Christmas days will not apply to level four areas.
The new rules were introduced after several hours of crisis meetings in the government on Saturday.
Most contagious variant of the virus
A further increase in infection may be due to the new crown variant. The new variant has so far been found in 1108 people, mainly in south-east England.
Chief epidemiologist Chris Whitty in the UK says the new virus could spread faster.
According to Boris Johnson, the new variant is 70 percent more contagious than previous variants. He says that the so-called R number is 0.4 higher for the new variant.
“This is spreading very fast,” says Johnson.
However, health authorities have no evidence that the virus has more mortality or impact on vaccines, according to Reuters.
The British have notified the World Health Organization. At the same time, they are working to get an overview of the virus. In Norway, the health authorities do the same.
– The National Institute of Public Health closely monitors mutations and other changes in the virus both nationally and internationally.
Here’s what National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) department chair Line Vold tells NRK.
Department Director Line Vold at FHI.
Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB
Effect of the vaccine?
– Many of the new cases in the south east of England are now infected with the new variant only. Efforts are underway to investigate whether the variant they have discovered has changed its properties, for example in terms of infectivity, says Vold at FHI.
not everyone agrees that the shutdown is the right thing to do, here during an anti-shutdown rally in London on Saturday.
Photo: TOLGA AKMEN / NTB SCANPIX / AFP
Every day more and more doses of vaccine are distributed in the UK and the rest of the world. Many are now wondering if the vaccine will work on a mutated virus. UK Health Minister Matt Hancock says this mutation is highly unlikely to not respond to a vaccine.
– We follow more closely the changes in the so-called nail protein that is on the virus label. This label is important to the virus’s ability to infect humans. So changes there can have an impact, for example, on the infectivity and effect of the vaccine, Vold says.
Make changes in Norway too
The variant seen in the UK has various changes, mutations and deletions, according to Violence.
– We have also seen some of the changes seen in the virus in the UK in the viruses in Norway, but not in the combination reported by the UK, says Vold on FHI.
England is not the only country that is tightening now. In Sweden, there are measures for bandages in public transport. Only four people per table will be allowed in the restaurant. The Swedes have also introduced a ban on selling alcohol after 20:00.
Italy will also close in periods around Christmas and New Years. This was stated by the country’s prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, this weekend, according to Reuters. The new round of measures will prevent a new outbreak of the pandemic in the already seriously affected country.
