British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rich Sunak respectively stated on social media on July 18 that they had received notifications from the public health system and had been in close contact with confirmed cases of the new crown and will follow relevant regulations. isolation.

  British Health Secretary Javid said on social media on the 17th that preliminary test results showed that he was infected with the new crown virus.

According to a report by the BBC on the 18th, both Johnson and Sunak were close contacts of Javid.

  According to data released by the British government on the 18th, there were 48,161 new confirmed cases of new crown in the country that day, and more than 40,000 new confirmed cases in a single day for 5 consecutive days, with a total of 5,433,939 confirmed cases; 25 new deaths and a total of 128,708 deaths .

(Producing Zhou Jing)

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