London, England.
The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced this Monday that it has decreed a new one confinement national a England, Which includes the closure of schools, due to the alarming coronavirus expansion caused by the new variant.
“Hospitals are under more pressure than at any time since the beginning of the pandemicJohnson said in a speech to the nation, in which he urged all citizens to do not leave home salvo for some essential reason.
Citizens are called to follow from now on new instructions, Although the law to regulate this new seclusion will not be approved until Wednesday morning at Parliament.
Johnson asked caution on the duration of the measure, But has pointed out that he hopes to gradually lift the confinement i reopen schools after school holidayss half of February “If not change ours virus knowledge, ia vaccination is still successful, if the deaths begin to decline and if everyone plays their part complying with the rules“.
also for mid-February the first dose of vaccine to the four priority groups in the immunization campaign: residents and residential workers over the age of 80, public health service (NHS) workers and the population with pre-existing diseases.
Alarming spread of new strain
Johnson has remarked that the new variant — between orn 50 and 70% more contagious- is spreading “since frustrating and alarming way “.
To illustrate the situation, he revealed that the number of hospitalized currently by the covid it is a 40% higher that at the peak of the first wave “ in April.
Among the guidelines that are part of the new confinement, Johnson urged citizens to stay home and just leave their homes “for limited reasons “.
Among them, for “buy essential products, searchr medical help –how to apply for a test covid-19-, Work if absolutely necessary, do exercise or escape situations from Domestic abuse.
As for the schools and universities, these centers will operate remotely and from tomorrow until mid-February, although care services for the little ones will remain operational, such as daycares.
Johnson also highlighted as a “big difference” between this new one confinement and the above the fact that the country is now mired “in the largest campaign of vaccination of history “ofthe United Kingdom, after the introduction today of the compost developed by the university dand Oxford and the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, which binds to the preparation of Pfizer / BioNTech.
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The country’s leading medical advisers today recommended raising the level of alert -from 4 to 5- and alerted that the public health system “could see overflowing in 21 days“Unless they are adopted tougher measures.
“Without new measures, there is a material risk that in several areas the NHS will be overwhelmed in the next 21 days,” they warned.
“The cases are increasing almost everywhere, in much of the country driven by the new variant more transmissible virus“, They explained. EFE