• July 19 Johnson asks the British for "caution" in the face of the lifting of Covid restrictions

  • UK Johnson abolishes mandatory mask use and social distancing

More than

1,200 scientists

have signed a letter released by the medical journal

The Lancet

asking Boris Johnson to rectify and not lift the Covid restrictions on July 19, after

the 36,660 cases and 50 deaths registered in the last 24 hours

( the highest death toll since April).

The 'premier' announced on Monday that his plans for the so-called "Freedom Day" are still in place. Johnson made a call to "personal responsibility" and asked the British

to behave with "extreme caution" from next Monday

, when the abandonment of social distancing and the mandatory use of masks in stores and in transport is planned. public. On that day the discos and nightclubs will also reopen for the first time in 16 months.

Johnson has taken a sudden turn in his strategy after the arrival of his new Secretary of Health,

Sajid Javid

, to replace Matt Hancock. Javid is in favor of a lifting of the restrictions, despite acknowledging that there may be 100,000 cases a day this summer, claiming that

vaccination will serve as a "protective wall"

(85% of British adults have received a dose and more than 60 % the entire guideline).

In his recent appearance in Parliament, Javid claimed that despite the increase in daily cases, the number of hospitalizations is notably lower than in the second wave of the pandemic.

Several experts from the SAGE scientific team that advises the Government have joined in the criticism and have warned that the number of hospitalizations could soon rise above 1,000 cases per day due to the high incidence of the "delta" variant.

In the letter released through

The Lancet

, experts (including British Medical Association President Chaand Nagpaul and former Government Scientific Adviser David King) warn that Boris Johnson's turnaround is "an immoral return" to the immunity strategy. group that preceded the first confinement.

The director of

The Lancet

Richard Horton

, one of the most critical voices against the Government's failed strategy in the early stages of the pandemic, has thrown his accusing finger at scientific advisor

Patrick Vallance,

"for not making public his concern" before the Johnson plans.

Liberal-Democrat MP

Layla Moran

, head of the Coronavirus Parliamentary Committee, described the premier's strategy as "reckless."

Immunobiologist

Adrian Hayday

, from Kings College London, acknowledged before a parliamentary committee that lifting the restrictions on July 19 "is unnecessary and may cause inappropriate harm."

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