In the United Kingdom, where the infection of the new mutated coronavirus is spreading, the number of people infected per day exceeded 68,000 and the number of deaths was more than 1,300 on the 8th, both of which are the highest ever and the serious situation continues. I will.
In the United Kingdom, the infection of the mutated coronavirus, which is said to be highly infectious, is spreading, and according to the government's announcement on the 8th, there are 68,053 new infections and 1325 deaths per day so far. It became the most in.
The number of infected people in the United Kingdom has skyrocketed since it exceeded 50,000 on the 29th of last month, and the situation continues to be serious.
In England, where London is located, the number of hospitalized patients has increased 1.2 times in the first week to about 28,200, which is much higher than the peak of 18,900 last spring. If the infection doesn't subside in a few weeks and the number of people receiving medical treatment in the hospital doesn't decrease, we'll run out of beds. "
Meanwhile, the British government announced on the 8th that it has approved the vaccine developed by the American pharmaceutical company Moderna, and said that it will secure 17 million doses and start vaccination in the spring.
In the UK, about 1.5 million people have been vaccinated with two vaccines developed by Pfizer and AstraZeneca, and the government wants to accelerate the vaccination of its people.