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The coronavirus may seem like it has taken a back seat, but it has not gone anywhere. In the United Kingdom, where there are already

around 50,000 daily cases and an incidence of 600 cases per 100,000 inhabitants

, they are beginning to worry that hospital pressure, together with the traditional problems that winter brings with it, could worsen a Christmas already from complicated by themselves. The figures for this week, which are the highest in the last three months, have caused that there are those who do not rule out

re-implementing some of the restrictions

that the country has left behind, despite the fact that Boris Johnson, who assures that "they are monitoring very closely statistics ", still continue to resist accepting that possibility.

The idea, even so, circulates within the SAGE, the committee of experts that advises the Government on this type of issue, and on Monday he already asked that the possibility of introducing

"other measures" different from the current ones to relieve hospital pressure be considered.

. The country's main tool to try to contain the possible wave of this last third of the year is the booster dose, although the United Kingdom, which initially led the worldwide vaccination campaign, has greatly relaxed the pace of the punctures.

Already ahead of Spain, France and Italy in the percentage of the population vaccinated with the full schedule, the country is also having problems to put the third dose. According to official estimates,

22 million people considered a priority

in England should receive it by mid-December but, at current rates,

the goal will not be met until the end of January at the earliest

. All this, together with a flu season that is expected to be stronger than usual, anticipates a complicated Christmas both for citizens and for the National Health System (NHS).

On Monday, the Government had to commit to improving the transparency and assiduity of its data in this regard since, as it recognized at that time,

only 3.7 million people considered at risk of the 8.5 million

who received the second dose ago six months or more have gotten the third puncture.

In other words, 4.8 million people are in danger of their acquired immunity fading and, therefore, of being hit harder by the disease.

According to a recent study by the UK Department of Public Health, the effectiveness of AstraZeneca's vaccine drops from 95% to less than 80% in 20 weeks after its administration, while that of Pfizer goes from almost 100% to 95%.

In both cases, even so, that efficiency is still quite good

.

The young concentrate the cases, not the older ones

"At the beginning of the vaccination campaign, our Secretary of State for Health and Social Services said that

the objective was to protect the most vulnerable in the face of autumn and winter

but, at the current rate, it will not be achieved until the end of January "criticizes John Roberts, a member of the Group of Analysts for the Response to Covid-19.

"With cases and hospitalizations rising rapidly each day, it is clear that increasing the pace of booster vaccination is vital to alleviating pressure on medical services and reducing coronavirus-related deaths in the coming months."

According to the statistics, however, the trigger for reaching 50,000 cases a day may

not be so much that the effect of the vaccines wears off but rather the fact of not getting it

.

Only 1 in 100 pensioners are infected, according to data from the National Statistics Office (ONS), compared to 1 in 10 young people of high school age who are, and that is explained by the

low vaccination rates in the lower age ranges,

either due to reluctance or due to the slowness of the immunization campaign in educational centers.

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