China News Service, April 23, according to British media reports, on the 22nd local time, the British chief medical officer said that due to the new crown epidemic, the British "social alienation" measures will continue at least until the end of this year.
The report said that at the daily routine outbreak briefing on the 22nd, British Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said that unless "high-efficiency vaccines or drugs" appear, the UK must continue to adopt some form of "social destruction Sex "measures.
On April 21st local time, volunteers were busy at a food distribution office located in the Alexandra Palace in northern London, England.
He said that the possibility of achieving these two goals by the end of this year is "very small."
Whitty said, "This disease will not be eradicated and will not disappear", "In the long run, there are two ideal ways to end (related measures)", "A vaccine ... or a highly effective drug, this way People will not die even if they are infected with this disease, or they can enable vulnerable people to prevent this disease. "
He pointed out that the number of daily deaths from the new coronavirus in the UK has "flattened out", but the cases will not "suddenly decrease".
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Rab also warned that if the restrictions are now loosened, the number of cases may surge a second time, and there may be a second blockade.
According to data released on the 22nd, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United Kingdom increased to 133,495. The number of deaths in hospitals on the same day increased by 759, and the total number of deaths rose to 18,100. According to estimates by the British media survey, if the number of non-hospital deaths is included, the total number of deaths may reach 41,000.