“It is deliberately negligent of the government in Westminster not to take any measures to contain the infection, such as the mandatory wearing of masks, keeping your distance and ventilation in high-risk environments, especially confined indoor spaces,” said BMA chairman Chaand Nagpaul in a statement on According to Thursday. The government has promised to take a Plan B if the National Health Service is in danger of being overwhelmed. “As doctors in the first row, we can absolutely say that this point has now been reached,” Nagpaul continued.
Most recently, almost 50,000 new infections were recorded every day in the UK. The number of daily hospital admissions is almost 1,000. The number of deaths on Tuesday, with 223 reported cases, was last seen in March.
Nevertheless, the British Health Minister Sajid Javid rejected the reintroduction of corona measures in England at a press conference on Wednesday. At the same time, he warned that the number of new infections every day could soon rise to 100,000. Nevertheless, it is still too early at this point in time to justify a return to the corona rules that were abolished on July 19 for so-called “Freedom Day” in most of England, Javid continues.
Instead, efforts should be stepped up to vaccinate as many people as possible, Javid said. The British vaccination program is currently stalling, especially for young people and the elderly who are to receive a booster vaccination.
In the United Kingdom, health is a matter for each part of the country. Different rules therefore apply in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.