After it was a dream city for everyone who wants to spend the end of the year vacation, the British capital (London) has turned into an isolated city from the world, after the emergence of a new, more widespread outbreak of the Corona virus, and according to government estimates, the capital located (southeast of the country) is the most affected area. From that mutation.

And the capital of fog lived - as London called - an atmosphere of fear and panic, after the British government announced strict measures around it, to prevent the spread of the new strain of the Corona virus, and all mitigation decisions were canceled in order to celebrate Christmas, prompting thousands of residents of the capital to leave before the start of decisions Mobility prevention.

The main squares and streets in the capital seemed empty, except for a few cars and some pedestrians, while the shops closed their doors, and Christmas decorations remained without visitors, in a scene that reminds us of the beginning of the spread of the Corona epidemic months ago, and the total closure that the world experienced.

The Great Escape

Dozens of countries in the world closed their airspace in the face of planes coming from Britain, especially from London airports, which have become a hotbed of the new strain of Corona virus, which caused chaos at the famous Heathrow airport, after dozens of flights were canceled.

Social networking sites were filled with pictures of thousands of people flocking to Heathrow Airport, hoping that they might find a flight that would put them outside London, before it became isolated from the world, and most of them were forced to return without Hanin.

Passengers at Heathrow Airport preparing to leave the capital (Anatolia)

The situation at the train stations in the capital was no better.

Rather, it witnessed an unprecedented gathering of thousands of travelers wishing to leave London, before the closure imposed on them, in order to spend Christmas with their families and their families far from the capital, which will be missed for celebration this year.

According to Mohamed Reda, whose work forces him to move between London and Liverpool, and has witnessed recent trips linking London with the rest of the British cities, the situation "was a great mess, and it was impossible to ensure social distancing, either at the station or inside the train," adding that many families I ventured out of London.

RIP to England 🤯🦠 this is tonight in London St Pancras station !!

People reporting that the tannoy is saying 'please social distance but if you can't just leave the train'.

Wow 🤯🤯 @piersmorgan @BorisJohnson @MattHancock pic.twitter.com/lT0cLhESNL

- Andrew Neill (@ AndrewNeill91) December 19, 2020

This situation led, according to Patrick Valens, head of the emergency medical advice group, for the new strain to spread to most areas in Britain.

The British police announced an intensive security drop in all train stations, and strictness with those wishing to travel without reason, or those who prove that they are far from their home area.

Ghost town

After the first shock of the British Health Minister Matt Hancock's announcement that the situation got out of control, and the clamor that accompanied the announcement, the noise subsided, and the capital fell into an uncharacteristic silence, especially during this period of the year.

A tour in the center of the capital, where the famous squares, shops and shopping centers, which were previously visited by millions of people, appears as if the place has become deserted and left to ghosts, alone intermittent and light traffic breaks the silence in central London.

London has become a ghost city after the announcement of the spread of a new strain of Corona in the country (Al-Jazeera)

There is a feeling among the residents of the capital that their city has turned this time into a city that the world does not want to link with, and its name will be associated with this new strain of the Coronavirus;

To turn into "European Wuhan".

The famous Christmas lights and decorations on Oxford Street and Regent Street remained alone, without enthusiastic visitors taking pictures and documenting the moment. Long queue after being forbidden to sit in cafes and restaurants.

This young woman, like tens of thousands of workers in restaurants, cafes and entertainment venues in London, fears the results of this new closure, which may last for at least two months. “We were counting on the Christmas season and the end of the year to compensate a little for this year's heavy losses; but the situation is getting worse. No one knows when this will all end. "

Christmas lights in the deserted streets of London (Getty Images)

The economic expectations were indicating to achieve a historical figure in spending during this period, an increase of 2 billion pounds over the previous year;

But all these hopes were dashed with the emergence of the new mutation of the virus.

The specter of lack of food

Nobody wants to see the scenes of people racing towards food storage and the state of panic that affected everyone at the beginning of the epidemic.

But anxiety does not leave Londoners, while they are reading the news that there may be a shortage of some foodstuffs, after the French authorities decided to close the Dover crossing for 48 hours, which led to the accumulation of trucks between Britain and France.

The first warning came about the possibility of a shortage of some foodstuffs from the "Sans Perry" supermarket chain, which is the second largest foodstuff company in Britain, as the company revealed the possibility of the absence of some vegetables from the market, in case the Dover Crossing crisis continues.

Londoners worry about running out of some food (Reuters)

This crisis will not appear during Christmas, according to the company itself;

Because all companies are preparing themselves to increase demand during this period;

However, it may occur if the movement of goods is no longer smoothly transported between France and Britain.

The assurances came from the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, who revealed that the crossing crisis will be resolved in the coming hours, and that the food distribution chain in Britain will not be affected.

And some food stores witnessed the return of long queues, after many stores returned to impose strict measures on the number of people inside them, and to show more strictness in the rules of social distancing.

Brian, a security employee at the Tesco food store, explained that the long queues are returning with people turning to shopping during these days, which precede Christmas, when most stores are closed, and everyone prefers to spend time at home.