LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged people in the UK to “continue carefully” when most of the remaining Covid-19 restrictions were appointed next week, said the country could not immediately return to life as before the pandemic.
“I can’t say this strongly or firmly enough, this pandemic hasn’t ended,” he said at a press conference on Monday.
“To take these steps, we must be careful and must be vaccinated.” British health minister Sajid Javid urged people on Monday to show caution when almost all covid-19 restrictions left in England next week, saying the increase in cases underlined that the pandemic was not at all over.
England will be the first country in the UK to raise legal requirements to wear masks and for people for social distance from July 19, Javid announced.
But those who were once billed as “freedom days” are now treated with greater vigilance by the government after waves in cases and concerns that there may be as many as 100,000 new infections during the summer.
Javid announced to parliament that four conditions to relax strict behavior in behavior have been fulfilled, but also urge people to act responsibly because the relationship between cases and deaths while “very weak” has not been completely damaged.
“Thanks to sacrifice with British people and protective walls of our vaccination program, we have made great progress,” Javid said.
“We firmly believe that this is the right time to make our nation closer to normal life …
this is the beginning of a new phase that is careful.” He said people still had to use masks in crowded areas such as public transportation, that people gradually had to return to work and the government would encourage businesses to hold mass events to open certification as a way to open certification.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who will confirm the decision at a press conference later on Monday, has also reached a more measurable tone with more than 30,000 cases a day reported, a surge in new fuel viruses.
“The case will rise when we unlock, so when we confirm our plan today, our message will be clear.
The attention is really important, and we all must be responsible so that we do not cancel our progress,” he said in a statement released late on Sunday.
The UK has implemented one of the fastest vaccination programs in the world, with more than 87% of adults after receiving at least one dose of Covid-19 and 66% vaccine has received two.
The government argues that the fact that hospital deaths and reception remains much lower than before, although cases have increased sharply, it is proof that vaccines save life and safer to open.
But the surge in infection at the rate of invisible since winter has encouraged concerns, with several epidemiology saying the Euro 2020 football championship may have helped trigger an increase.
Britain, which is ranked 20th in the world for per-capita reported death on Sunday reported 31,772 cases of Covid-19 and 26 additional deaths in 28 days of each test, up 31% and 44% in a week.
Wembley London Stadium held the euro final on Sunday between England and Italy.
The large crowd gathered in London, including around the stadium, and there were reports that some have got into the match without a ticket to join more than 60,000 who have it.
“Do I should enjoy watching the transmission happening before my eyes?” The World Health Organization Epidemiologist Maria van Kerkhove tweeted in the final stage of the match.
“Pandemic # covid19 doesn’t rest tonight …
# Sarscov2 #Deltavariant will utilize people who are not vaccinated, in crowded arrangements, opening guys, shouting / shouting / singing.”