British Prime Minister announced the third blockade of the entire territory

The highest alert is here! The British Prime Minister announced the third blockade of the entire territory, effective immediately!

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Early this morning Beijing time, British Prime Minister Johnson announced the implementation of an epidemic lockdown throughout England to prevent the surge of new crown cases from overwhelming the national medical system.

Johnson announced that from the 5th to mid-February, the highest level of strict control measures will be implemented across the UK, replacing the current four-level, three-level, and second-level control measures implemented in England to block the rapidly spreading new crown virus infection. 流行性.

此外, he said in a televised speech that all elementary schools, middle schools, and universities will be closed from Tuesday, except for vulnerable children and children of workers in key positions. People can leave their homes only under certain circumstances, and all non-essential retail stores, hotels and personal care services must continue to close. The new restrictions will soon become law, and people will have to comply with them from Monday night.

Foreign media commented that this is the most stringent lockdown in England since the lockdown in March last year.

實際上, as early as the 3rd (Sunday) in an exclusive interview with the BBC, British Prime Minister Johnson revealed that in order to contain the rising number of new crown cases, England’s regional lockdown measures “are likely to become stricter in the next few weeks.” And do not rule out closing the school again. 在同一天, Labour Party leader Kil Starmer also said that the virus “is clearly out of control” and that the government must implement a national lockdown within 24 小時. New measures will be announced in the near future. 然而, it is clear that when these ideas become a reality on the 4th (Monday), many investors are still caught off guard.

At around 19:00 Beijing time on Monday, Johnson revealed in his speech that we will have to take tougher measures, and it is likely that we must take further control measures. As soon as the remarks came out, the pound suffered a severe sell-off. The pound and the United States continued to fall from above the 1.37 mark, and fell below the 1.36 mark, with a maximum drop of over 150 points in the day.

The Chief Medical Officer of the United Kingdom suggested raising the level of the new crown threat to level five, the highest level. They also warned that in the next three weeks, the pressure on the British medical system will increase sharply. During the period, the pound continued to fall.

Later, in a televised speech at 20:00 local time on the 4th (4:00 5號, 北京時間), Johnson ordered a nationwide blockade of England from January 5th.

Johnson mentioned that the number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized on Monday has increased by 30% compared to a week ago, and the pressure on hospitals is greater than at any time since the pandemic began. The Financial Times quoted sources confirming that cumbersome procedures and insufficient reserve stocks are affecting the development of the UK’s large-scale new crown vaccination plan.

Johnson said frankly:

“We are entering the final phase of the fight against the virus, and the next few weeks will be the toughest time. The death toll has increased by 20% in the past week and will regrettably rise further… Most of us The region has taken extreme measures and it is clear that we need to work together.”

Then he mentioned vaccination:

“Compared with last year, there is a huge difference. We are launching the largest vaccination program in our history.”

Johnson said that if all goes well, everyone in the priority population by April should get two doses of the vaccine before mid-February. He said that this includes residents of nursing homes and their caregivers, all people over 70, all frontline health and social workers, and all people who are clinically vulnerable. If the vaccine promotion work goes well, the death toll starts to fall, 和 “everyone follows the rules”, then England can consider reopening schools after the half-year period in February.

According to the Department of Health and Social Security of the United Kingdom, on the 4th local time, 有 58,784 newly diagnosed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United Kingdom 24 一天幾個小時, which once again set a new record of new cases in a single day since the outbreak; by that day, the United Kingdom had been infected for 7 consecutive days The number of people exceeds 50,000. 上星期, the number of patients admitted to hospitals with new coronary pneumonia in the UK increased by one-third from the previous week, and the number of new deaths increased by 20%.

Many people still think that Johnson’s work on epidemic prevention and control is not good enough.

根據萬維網, a latest public opinion survey showed that because the British public was dissatisfied with the government’s handling of the new crown epidemic and Brexit negotiations, the public opinion support rate of British Prime Minister Johnson and the ruling Conservative Party plummeted. If a general election is held immediately, the Conservative Party may not be able to maintain a majority in Congress.