The incidence is well over 360, but on Monday, July 19, 2021, all corona measures in England are to be dropped. But the revolt from London threatens.
London – Just at the beginning of the week, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Conservative Party, Torries) announced the lifting of all corona measures in the English part of the United Kingdom * on July 19, 2021. But the revolt from the capital London is already looming. Because, Mayor Sadiq Khan (Labor Party) is not even thinking about lifting the mask requirement in local public transport.
| City in the UK: | London |
| Surface: | 1,572 square kilometers |
| Residents: | 8,961,989 (as of 2019) |
| Prefix: | 020 |
| Mayor: | Sadiq Khan (Labor Party) |
The reason: The incidence value in the country is skyrocketing and is currently on Thursday, July 15, 2021, at 360.4 infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days. That is the highest value in the UK in more than six months. On Thursday morning, 42,183 new infections were reported to the British health authorities and 50 people died. The incidence of new Covid 19 infections is also currently skyrocketing across Europe.
Incidence in Great Britain over 360: Infection numbers higher than since the beginning of January
At the turn of the year, Great Britain had reached the peak of the second corona wave. But now the number of new infections on the British Isles has been increasing again massively since mid-June. One reason for this is the widespread spread of the delta variant of the corona virus. But the easing of Premier Johnson’s efforts is also extremely criticized.
London Mayor Khan does not want to lift the obligation to wear mouth and nose protection because he considers this to be the “easiest and safest option” in the fight against the corona virus, he told the Guardian on Wednesday. For this reason, Khan has also called on the operators of the means of transport to continue to adhere to the obligation.
Incidence in Great Britain over 360: mask requirement in public transport should give everyone security
This gives all people – including those tourists returning to the country – more security. Kahn is in favor of including these as conditions of carriage with Transport of London.
The government in the capital London is currently assuming that there could be up to 100,000 new infections per day over the course of the summer months. The opening plans are still being adhered to, also because of the advanced vaccination campaign in the country. Because, in the meantime, more than 65 percent of adults in the UK are fully vaccinated, and 87 percent have already received a first dose of vaccination.
Incidence in Great Britain: curve of new infections points steeply upwards – only Cyprus further ahead in Europe.
The curve of new infections in connection with Covid-Sars-2 has only known one direction since June 1, 2021: high, higher and even higher. Nevertheless, the British are playing a dangerous game, as they are taking a completely different path than the rest of the countries in Europe, which are held in a stranglehold by Corona. Because while the government around Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to open all corona gates, the Netherlands, Greece and Spain are going a completely different way.
Spain closes the beaches and bars in Barcelona, Greece bans unvaccinated people in restaurants and the Netherlands is changing the corona rules for restaurants, clubs and festivals. In a global comparison, the British incidence is currently in an inglorious 8th place and is only behind Cyprus with an incidence of 756.4 in Europe.
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