Britain was among the countries most affected by the pandemic, which managed to introduce a successful vaccination program. Almost all bans have fallen there, but the situation is starting to get worse again.
The British government is closely monitoring the situation with the increasing number of COVID-19 infections.
More than 43,700 new cases of infection and 223 deaths have been registered in the last 24 hours, the most since March.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the country is facing a difficult winter.
According to the government’s “winter plan”, if the measures currently in place are not enough to prevent excessive pressure on national health, then steps such as wearing masks in certain places and introducing vaccination passports could be discussed as part of the so-called “Plan B”.
Downing Street said it was dissatisfied with the data on the increase in cases, but thanks to the success of the mass vaccination program, both hospital admissions and deaths were much lower than before. pandemic peaks.
Currently, almost 68% of the country’s population are fully vaccinated.
Although children between the ages of 12 and 15 have been vaccinated in schools with mobile teams since September 24, Professor Christina Pagel, a representative of one of the leading universities in London, said that there was an uncontrollable epidemic among children in classrooms. That is why she called for the introduction of the government’s infamous “Plan B.”
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A similar appeal was made by the Confederation of National Health, pointing out that the situation with those waiting for treatment and operations for other diseases, who cannot receive health care on time due to coronavirus patients, is becoming increasingly alarming. Statistics say that’s about 5 million people.
Against the background of these data, the Minister of Health claims that there are no problems in the system, but they will appear if the cases of infections reach 100,000 per day and called for continued vaccination to avoid complicating the situation, which would lead to work from home and vaccination passports to avoid a pandemic crisis in the winter.
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