A new strain of the coronavirus has been detected in Britain, and authorities are finding it is more contagious. "It will be very difficult to keep it under control," announced the Minister of Health.
Several days ago, the British authorities announced that they had detected a new strain of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. While it has already infected many people, Matt Hancock, Minister for Health of the United Kingdom, announced that it was "out of control" during an interview on Sky News. This helped motivate the government to put in place new lockdown in London, south-east England and part of the east.
This decision means that 16 million people will have to stay at home and forgo any form of reunion for Christmas. In these areas placed under the highest alert level, non-essential businesses are closed and travel is prohibited. "We had to regain control, and the only way to do that is to restrict social contact"Matt Hancock said of the containment.
"It will be very difficult to keep her under control until a vaccine is deployed", added the Minister of Health, referring to "a huge challenge". British authorities have informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of the discovery of this new strain, and above all, of its spread "up to 70%" faster than the others according to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Government science adviser Patrick Vallance said on Saturday she had also become the form "dominant" of disease. It would have appeared in mid-September according to him, and resulted in "a very strong increase" cases of hospitalizations in this month of December. The Prime Minister's office thus indicates that it is the cause of 62% of the contaminations recorded in London, and 59% of those in the east of England.
While Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands have already cut off trade with the United Kingdom for fear of seeing this strain of the virus arrive on their territory, France would consider "seriously" to do the same, reports BFM TV this Sunday. A decision "will be announced during the day" to find out if the flights and trains between France and England will be canceled.
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