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July 18, 2021

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has launched an appeal for "prudence" on the eve of the lifting of the anti-Covid-19 restrictions expected from tomorrow in England.

Johnson urged the population to be "cautious", on the eve of the lifting of almost all restrictions related to the pandemic in England, in the midst of a new surge in infections (yesterday they were almost 55,000).

The premier, in a video posted on Twitter, asked to "be careful tomorrow, addressing this new step of the deconfinement with all the necessary caution, respecting others and the risks that the disease continues to present". Johnson recalled the " extreme contagiousness "of the Delta variant of the virus.

Like so many people I've been pinged by NHS Test and Trace as I have been in contact with someone with COVID-19, and I will be self-isolating until Monday 26th July.

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- Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) July 18, 2021

Expert: with Gb openings 100,000 cases a day


It will take three weeks before the impact of the lifting of the restrictions on the coronavirus in England will manifest itself, but it is "almost inevitable" that infections will reach 100,000 cases a day, with the possibility that this figure doubles, even if this is "much less certain". This was declared - according to the Guardian - by Neil Ferguson, professor at Imperial College and member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), an advisory body that assists Boris Johnson's government on the Covid emergency.

Ferguson was the author - as a government consultant - of the model that in spring 2020 led Johnson to decree, after some hesitation, the first national lockdown. "It is very difficult to say for sure, but I think 100,000 cases a day are almost inevitable," said the expert, speaking at a BBC show on the eve of the easing of restrictions. "They will almost certainly go to 100,000 cases a day. The real question is, can we double or even exceed that figure? And this is where the crystal ball starts to fail. We could go to 2,000 hospitalizations a day, 200,000 cases a day, but it's much less certain, "he explained. Ferguson added that according to data from the National Statistics Bureau, "about one million"of people have had long-Covid and this figure could "increase to another half a million more". If hospital admissions hit the 2,000-a-day level - about half of those seen in the second wave, before Christmas - there could be "serious problems" with the health service, Ferguson warned, noting however that it appears that people admitted to hospital they are not as seriously ill as those of December and January, with the death rate "much, much lower".of the health service, Ferguson warned, stressing, however, that it appears that people admitted to hospital are not as seriously ill as those in December and January, with the death rate "much, much lower".of the health service, Ferguson warned, stressing, however, that it appears that people admitted to hospital are not as seriously ill as those in December and January, with the death rate "much, much lower".

Reverse Johnson: will self-isolate after contacts with positive minister


Dietrofront for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson: will go into isolation following contact with Health Minister Sajid Javid who tested positive for Covid. BoJo will therefore not adhere, as previously announced by Downing Street, to the 'pilot program' offered by the National Health System which would allow him to continue working but undergoing daily tests. Reverse also for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Minister of Finance), Rishi Sunak, who had initially made the same choice. 



Both will therefore self-isolate in line with the anti-Covid measures envisaged in the United Kingdom. 



Johnson "will not participate in the pilot project and will continue to participate remotely in meetings with ministers", a spokesman had to specify, "so will the Chancellor of the Exchequer"



After the recently appointed British Health Minister, Sajid Javid, yesterday, he went into quarantine because he was positive for Covid-19, it was immediately assumed that a series of his government colleagues and officials would have self-isolated for 10 days, as currently required by the rules in force in the country. But Johnson and Sunak had been contacted by the NHS tracing service to include them in a pilot program that provides daily testing as an alternative to isolation. "They will participate in order to continue working," explained a spokesman for Downing Street.



The reverse comes after the harsh criticism of the Labor Party. "It is a legal obligation to isolate oneself" after coming into contact with a positive person, recalls on Twitter the number two of Labor, Angela Rayner, "violating the rules the prime minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer gave millions of people a check. in white to ignore the rules too. Dangerous and stupid ".



The controversy erupts on the eve of the removal in the United Kingdom of almost all the restrictions that had been enacted to stem the infection and in the aftermath of the new peak of new infections recorded since January, with over 54 thousand cases in 24 hours.