“In the light of the recommendations of the United Kingdom Health Security Agency, we, the chief medical officers [of various parts of the United Kingdom] and the chief medical officer of the National Health Service of England, agreed that the threat level should be reduced from the fourth level to the third,” TASS quotes Statement by the Chief Medical Officers of England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.
At the same time, doctors warn of a possible increase in the number of cases due to the spread of new strains.
Previously, the total number of registered cases of coronavirus in the world, as of the morning of May 13, amounted to 520 million 120 thousand 313.