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The Government of the United Kingdom has agreed to delay the lifting of all restrictions that were scheduled for June 21 for four weeks due to the rebound in cases due to the contagiousness of the Indian variant of the coronavirus, as confirmed by government sources to the BBC. Prime Minister Boris Johnson explained the de-escalation plan last February and dated June 21 on Freedom Day (Freedom Day), the day on which the United Kingdom would return to a situation of practical normality, with mass events and without recommending teleworking, but the Executive will finally delay this date. In addition, the managing director of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, asked in the framework of the G-7 summit that rich countries and pharmaceutical companies pay for vaccination programs in developing countries. The G-7 agreed to donate 1 billion doses of vaccines over the next year to states with fewer resources, but the World Health Organization (WHO) believes that it takes around 11 billion doses to vaccinate 70% of the world’s population.
