The new strict Covid-19 restrictions that came into force last night for millions of people in England are likely to wait until the vaccine is widely rolled out, Britain a health secretary has indicated.
Matt Hancock was interviewed in the last few minutes on Sky News, where he was asked by journalist Sophie Ridge whether people waking up today in the new Level 4 areas – a ‘covering London and much of south – east England – expect these rules to wait until the vaccine is widely rolled out.
“I think that as soon as this new variant spreads, it will be very difficult to control until our vaccine is released,” he replied, referring to on a new strain of Covid-19 that has been identified by health authorities in the UK and that spans the south-east of England, as well as in Australia and mainland Europe. .
Later in the interview, he stressed the fact that vaccines were already being distributed: “We’ll see the way through this but it’s going to be a few difficult months.”
The British National Health Service has expected everyone in England to receive the vaccine in early April, with similar programs being rolled out across Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
A fundamental problem presented by a new strain of Covid-19 identified in England was that “more of the old measures” such as space and alien faces will be needed to control transmission, Hancock said.
“All the steps that are in place. We need more of them. “
In a major U-turn that prompted immediate backlash from his party, the British Prime Minister last night placed a third of the English population under new level 4 restrictions to counter the Covid strain which is believed to have been up to 70% more portable than previous versions.
This means that people in the south-east and east of England and London will not be able to mix with other homes at all at Christmas. A message of staying at home will be enshrined in law, and unnecessary shops will close, as well as indoor leisure and entertainment centers. The measures will be reviewed in two weeks, and major policing is planned for New Year’s Eve.