Boris Johnson criticized by doctors as UK passes 100,000 dead mark
The United Kingdom has crossed the grim threshold of 100,000 deaths from Covid-19, one of the highest tolls in the world in proportion to its population.
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The United Kingdom has crossed the grim threshold of 100,000 deaths from Covid-19, one of the highest tolls in the world in proportion to its population.
The country is currently re-confined and is experiencing its third wave of the pandemic, much more virulent due to a more contagious and potentially deadly variant.
A heavy toll which beyond the sadness provokes a lot of anger, especially from the medical world.
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With our correspondent in London,
Muriel Delcroix
A contrite-looking Boris Johnson said he took “
full responsibility for all decisions made by this government
”.
However, he considers that he "
did everything in his power
" to manage the crisis and was especially keen to thank the nursing staff qualified as "heroes".
A tribute that leaves doctors in hospitals on the verge of collapse with ice.
Robert Hirst is an emergency physician and deplores a calamitous management: “
Everything that should have been avoided has already happened: for screening we have called in the private sector instead of regional public hospitals, we have distributed protective equipment despite the common sense and the quarantine at the border has only just started ...
"
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Another problem for the anesthesiologist Claudia Paoloni, president of the hospital consultants union, is the lack of a long-term vision from the government and its advisers: “
They should have anticipated the possible arrival of a more contagious variant;
we took too long to react and the country was too optimistic about its capacity to resist it…
”
Health professionals are now asking the government to prioritize the vaccination of caregivers and the most vulnerable, but also to ensure that people who must isolate themselves have the financial means and benefit from financial support without time limit. .
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