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UK 1,200 scientists ask Boris Johnson to rectify and not lift Covid restrictions
The
47%
of new cases of Covid in the UK relate to
people who have received the least one dose of the vaccine
, according to
a study by Kings College and the signing of ZOE health technology, from a specific application for advocacy of the disease in the British Isles.
"Although the figures seem worrisome, it is important to note that
vaccines have greatly reduced severe infections
and that Covid for postvaccinates is a much milder disease for most people," has specified Kings College epidemiologist Tim Spector, studio director.
The report does not specify what proportion of those infected have received a single dose or the entire regimen.
Vaccination in the British Isles remains ahead of the rest of European countries (87% of adults already have one dose and 66% have both the full schedule) but
the incidence of the delta variant has skyrocketed daily cases
to levels not seen since the end of January.
The Kings College and ZOE study was conducted in the week of July 10, based on 33,118 cases in one day.
On Thursday, 48,553 cases and 63 deaths were registered
, and it is estimated that over the weekend the 50,000 mark could be exceeded.
The good weather and the lifting of the latest restrictions on July 19
can shoot the number up to 100,000 cases a day in the summer
, as acknowledged by the Secretary of Health, Sajid Javid.
The government's medical adviser, Chris Whitty, has meanwhile sounded the alarm about the increase in hospitalizations in recent days.
"
New cases among those vaccinated will continue to rise and will soon surpass those who are not vaccinated
,"
Professor Tim Spector
warned in
The Daily Mail
, without evaluating the effectiveness of vaccines against the delta variant. "This is likely because fewer and fewer unvaccinated people are susceptible to infecting others, while more and more people have been vaccinated."
The Kings College study, which predicted that the number of infections may reach a ceiling before
Freedom Day
on July 19, has nevertheless been questioned by experts such as Professor James Naismith, of the University of Oxford: "No measure is perfect, and ZOE monitoring has been helpful in the past. But it is not currently a guide, as
the new wave has not peaked at 33,000 cases as expected
. "
When the study was carried out, one case of Covid was detected for every 142 inhabitants, when today it is estimated that the proportion is 1 in 95 in England.
The effect of the Euro may be behind the rapid increase of up to 43%
in the last week, according to experts.
The Kings College study has served in any case to
question the strategy of the Government of Boris Johnson
, which has justified the lifting of the Covid restrictions as of Monday with the "protective wall" supposedly built with vaccines. More than 1,200 scientists have criticized the
premier's
plans
in a letter to
The Lancet
magazine
in which they accuse him of conducting an "experiment" with the population and of implicitly reverting to the controversial strategy of "group immunity."
The state of anxiety that the country is experiencing has been added in recent days by the growing discomfort due to the excessive zeal of the application of measures by the Covid that
has forced 1.6 million Britons to isolate themselves in a week for supposedly being in contact with a positive
. The phenomenon has been dubbed by the media as the "
pingdemic
" and is causing serious problems in companies (about a thousand workers at the Nissan plant in the north of England have been forced to quarantine).
The Secretary of Communities, Robert Jenrick, has acknowledged that the technology "may need an adjustment", but has urged all British people who receive the "
ping
" or warning in the application to keep the prescriptive quarantine.
According to estimates by
The Guardian
,
up to 10 million Britons could be forced to quarantine until August 19
, when the obligation to isolate themselves will fall for those vaccinated with a double regimen who may have been in contact with a positive.
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