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There is a real voluntary evacuation in London. Photo: Daily Mail
In connection with the entry into force on December 20 of the blockade in the south-eastern part of the UK, London residents are leaving the city in droves.
This was reported by the Daily Mail newspaper.
According to the newspaper, crowds of Londoners tried to leave the city at St Pancras, Kings Cross, Euston and Paddington stations before new quarantine restrictions, including restrictions on entering and leaving the city, came into effect. .
There have also been serious congestion on the main roads linking London to other parts of the country, including the A40, which leads to Wales via Oxford and Gloucester.
In turn, the leader of the Brexit Party, Nigel Farage, compared the covid result with what happened in London more than 80 years ago during the outbreak of World War II.
“Congratulations to the prime minister and government experts, you caused the first evacuation of London since 1939,” he wrote on Twitter.
Meanwhile, discontent with the government of Boris Johnson is growing among members of his party: Several members of the ruling Conservative Party, who previously did not support the measures proposed by the government to combat the pandemic, considering them too harsh on the business community, are in favor of the immediate resignation of the Minister of Health of the Kingdom, Matt Hancock.
Londoners fleeing St Pancras tonight following the announcement of Level 4 pic.twitter.com/ibEcUTdRuC
– Policy for all (@PoliticsForAlI) December 19, 2020
Recall that since December 20, the fourth highest level quarantine has been declared in the south-eastern part of Great Britain. All the concessions that the authorities promised to the British for Christmas are canceled, people are asked to spend as much time as possible at home, all shops are closed except food and pharmacies. Residents of different households can communicate only one to one and on the street. That is, they cannot celebrate Christmas with more than one family. Also, this region is closed for entry and exit.
This decision was due to the fact that a new coronavirus strain VUI-202012/01 was discovered in Great Britain, which is more infectious than SARS-CoV-2.
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