At 20 pm local time on the 4th (4 pm on the 5th Beijing time), British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a televised speech, announcing that from the 5th to mid-February, the UK will implement the highest level of strict control measures to replace the current one in England The four-level, three-level, and two-level control measures implemented by the regions respectively are to block the current rapidly spreading new coronavirus infection.
With the discovery of a variant of the new crown virus in the UK, the UK's new crown epidemic has spread rapidly. Medical experts said that the newly discovered variant virus has spread 50% to 70% faster than before.
On the 4th local time, there were 58,784 newly diagnosed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the UK 24 hours a day, setting a new record for new cases in a single day since the outbreak. By that day, the number of new infections in the UK had exceeded 50,000 for 7 consecutive days.
Last week, the number of patients admitted to hospitals with new coronary pneumonia in the UK increased by one-third from the previous week, and the number of new deaths increased by 20%.
Johnson said that if the epidemic is not controlled, British hospitals will collapse in about 21 days.
For this reason, the United Kingdom has decided to once again implement the same highest level of strict control measures in England as it took on March 23 last year.
Except for situations such as going out to exercise once a day, purchasing basic daily necessities, and medical reasons, which are permitted by law, people need to stay at home for isolation.
The universities, middle schools, and primary schools are basically closed, and the schools implement distance learning.
At the same time, the UK will accelerate the pace of vaccine cultivation among the people. The UK health system plans to complete the first dose of vaccination within a few months for the country's top four priority groups, including the elderly and vulnerable.
(Headquarters reporter Tian Xiaochun)