China News Service, January 6th. According to the "Central News Agency" report, affected by the mutant new crown virus, the outbreak in the UK continues to spread.

On the 5th local time, the number of newly diagnosed new crowns in the UK exceeded 60,000 for the first time.

Whitty, the chief medical officer of England, said that according to statistics, from the end of 2020 to the beginning of 2021, 1 in 50 people in England will be infected with the new crown virus.

　　According to reports, on the 5th, the number of new crown cases in the UK exceeded 60,000, the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 2.77 million, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 70,000.

　　Whitty, the chief medical officer of England, said that according to statistics, between December 27, 2020 and January 2, 2021, 1 out of every 50 people in an average household in England was infected with the new crown virus. This is "a Very large numbers".

On January 4, at the Rocky Health Center in Dundee, Scotland, a nurse injected an 82-year-old man with the new crown vaccine.

Faced with the threat of the new variant virus, Scotland and Wales have also made similar prevention and control decisions.

　　Whitty said that in the two weeks ending December 30, 2020, the number of confirmed cases in the UK increased by 70%.

The superposition of the mutated new crown virus and the cold winter weather has caused the number of confirmed cases in the United Kingdom to "rapidly climb" in December 2020. The number of confirmed cases in the northeast and northwest of England has also increased, and the number of hospitalizations has increased sharply.

He warned that this situation is quite worrying, because "winter has not passed yet."

　　British Prime Minister Johnson tried to reassure the people.

He emphasized that the blockade measures can improve the situation.

He said that 1.1 million people in England have been vaccinated, and if the whole of the UK is considered, there are 1.3 million people.

He said: "More than 650,000 of them are over 80 years old, accounting for 23% of the population over 80 years old in England." He said that this means that a quarter of the most vulnerable ethnic groups have been vaccinated in the past 2 to 3 weeks. vaccine.

　　Johnson also said that he will impose restrictions on international travelers entering the country.

He said: "We will take measures to ensure that people entering this country are tested to prevent the virus from re-entering."