(In the shade) Britain’s confirmed diagnosis surpassed one million British prime ministers announced a month-long standing ban | International | New boss Newtalk

The number of confirmed cases in the UK surpassed one million today. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced late at night that England will implement a foot ban from November 5 and all non-essential stores will be closed. It is expected to last about a month until the ban is lifted on December 2.

Since the UK’s anti-epidemic policy is independent, the measures announced by Johnson & Johnson will be implemented in England. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will consider whether to follow up. Wales is currently implementing a comprehensive 17-day lockdown order, to be implemented on November 9. The end. Unlike the first footwear ban announced in March this year, universities and schools at all levels will remain open this time.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that according to the most recent data, 21,915 people were diagnosed in the UK on the 31st and 326 died. The total number of deaths was 46,555 and the number of confirmed diagnoses exceeded one million, reaching 1,011,660.

This makes the United Kingdom the ninth country with more than a million confirmed cases after the United States, India, Brazil, Russia, France, Spain, Argentina and Colombia. However, since testing was not common at the beginning of the outbreak, the actual number of confirmed cases in the UK is expected to be over a million.

After Johnson & Johnson held a rare emergency cabinet meeting Saturday afternoon, he attended the press conference with Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty and Chief Scientific Officer Patrick Vallance.

Johnson & Johnson said: “Action must be taken now because we have no other choice.” He noted that as of November 5, people should stay home as long as possible except to go to school, not be able to work at home, exercise, seek medical treatment, buy food and necessary items, and care for others. .

During the ban, all bars and restaurants must be closed, take out only. People can only meet outdoors with people from different households, and only one person at a time.

Johnson & Johnson said it will report to Congress on November 2. Congress is expected to vote on the 4th and formally implement the foot ban on the 5th.

The UK began adopting a hierarchical, three-tier epidemic alert system in October, with alert levels divided into “medium”, “high” and “very high”. Before the announcement of the total ban, with the exception of Manchester and Nottinghamshire, which were “very high”, many areas like London were still in the medium “high” level.

However, due to the minimal effectiveness of the Level 3 epidemic alert system, Johnson & Johnson, which was originally unwilling to implement a total ban, had to make a policy change today under continued pressure from experts.