The United Kingdom sees it possible to reach two million cases of coronavirus a day

• UK Thousands of anti-vaccine protesters create chaos outside Downing Street: "Down with tyranny!"

For the first time since arriving in Downing Street, Boris Johnson is uncomfortable. Out of place. He does not know what to do. Cornered between health and politics, the prime minister faces the need for the next week to make a decision that he knows will not satisfy everyone. On the one hand,

to levels similar to those at the beginning of the pandemic to avoid between 600,000 and two million cases a day by the end of next month. And they want it now, not after Christmas. On the other hand, even his Brexit minister resigned this week in part due to his disagreement with the Covid passport, which shows

which could lead to a challenge to his leadership early next year. Johnson, for the first time, will have to choose between what is best for him and what may be best for others.

And it will not be easy. The arguments for and against both positions are as solid as they are weak. Those who bet on tightening the measures have the backing of the medical community that advises them and has not hesitated to predict

. The prime minister, however, would rather delay than just after, knowing how unpopular it would be to deprive the British of such an important date. His Minister of Health, for his part, is being in charge of delivering the bad news, and has not ruled out that this may be announced in the coming days.

If they decide to take this route, it would be in part according to the panorama presented by a group of scientists that advises the Sage, that is, the Scientific Committee on Emergencies, to which they have predicted that the United Kingdom could present an

. Based on his calculations, if new measures are not introduced immediately, each day could see between 600,000 and 2 million new cases, between 3,000 and 10,000 hospitalizations and between

These figures, so dizzying that they would return to an even worse point than that of March 2020, are not being supported, however, by the data that is being obtained today. Neither in the UK nor in South Africa, where the omicron variant was first detected. To better understand its impact,

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has analyzed data from South Northamptonshire, one of the first hot spots of the new mutation in England.

There, the incidence soared to 926 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the highest in the country, but, as of December 12,

as before the drastic increase in positives. In that area, in addition,

and 50% have even received the booster dose.

In the rest of the country, the data are similar.

during the last seven days, but, while hospitalizations have only risen 8.1%, deaths have fallen 6.5% compared to the previous week. Those who not only do not see the possible new restrictions as reasonable but also do not want those that were approved last week. Some of them, through a massive demonstration in front of Downing Street, even went so far as to

For the moment, what is already a reality is the decision of the National Health System (NHS) to begin to shield itself against a possible collapse of its facilities. To do this, it has decided that it will send 15% of Covid patients home to be treated directly there, with the risks that this entails for their health. Right now, and as practically every day since March 2021,

to try to overcome the disease.

The lack of beds, and the recurring conflict between those who bet on vaccination and those who do not, has even led the Health Minister to criticize those who do not want to be immunized for the costs they are bringing to the system.

, they are occupying hospital beds that could be for other people who suffer, for example, from heart problems. Instead of protecting themselves and those around them, they decide not to get vaccinated, "criticized Javid.

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