Despite the rise in cases, Britain is reluctant to re-establish restrictions

Despite the rise in cases, Britain is reluctant to re-establish restrictions

Partly, the current situation is the result of vaccination with two doses of the anti-Covid immunizer which, until now, have been supplied to the 80% of the population over 12 years old. It was also confirmed that the weekly trend of new cases, averaging between 800,000 and one million swabs per day, is slightly lower for the first time in a month (-0,4%).

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It is an element that currently encourages the government of Boris Johnson to stand firm, despite everything, in the decision to do not go to plan B anti-Covid, which would mean the partial restoration of some of the restrictions raised on a large scale as of July 19. It would consist of the return to mandatory use of the mask in public places busiest and a general indication for Work from home. As well as the introduction of a “light” version of the Green Pass vaccination.

In this regard, a Downing Street spokesman reiterated on Tuesday that the conservative executive keep betting on your plan A for now: a relaunch of tests and especially vaccines, starting with the application of a third dose to all vulnerable people or people over 50 years of age and a single dose authorized on the island for schoolchildren between 12 and 15 years old.

In any case, the spokesperson urged caution and warned that “It is still too early to draw positive conclusions” on the slight weekly decrease in the contagion curve.

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Meanwhile, among the experts, there are those who insist on the need to evaluate a pass to plan B shortlyAlthough two official documents leaked in the last hours indicate at £ 18 billion (almost US $ 25 billion) the cost that the country could pay in case of a generalized return to teleworking.

The documents estimate a very modest impact in reducing cases of coronavirus in case of enabling a Green Pass like the one applied in other countries (limited to discos, concerts and sporting events).

On the other hand, certain specialists are becoming more optimistic about the outcome of the intensification of Plan A. It is the case of the teacher Anthony Harnden, epidemiologist and vice president of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI), who stated that new vaccination acceleration will help ‘win the battle’ against Covid-19 in the UK, even without new restrictions.

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