British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced a new monthlong lockdown for England after being warned that without tough action a resurgent coronavirus outbreak will overwhelm hospitals in weeks.
“Unless we act, we could see deaths in this country running at several thousand a day,” said Johnson, who was hospitalized earlier this year for a serious case of COVID-19.The United States, in contrast, has a death toll of more than 230,000 people and a total caseload of more than 9 million — and no intention on the part of President Trump to even consider a new lockdown.
As in other European countries, virus cases in the U.K. began to climb after lockdown measures were eased in the summer and people began to return to workplaces, schools and social life.Johnson had hoped a set of regional restrictions introduced earlier in October would be enough to push numbers down.
“It is really unthinkable now, unfortunately, that we don’t count our deaths in tens of thousands from this wave,” Edmunds told the BBC. “The issue is, is that going to be low tens of thousands if we take radical action now or is that going to be the high tens of thousands if we don’t?”Official figures announced Saturday recorded 21,915 new cases confirmed in the last 24 hours, bringing Britain’s total since the start of the pandemic to 1,011,660.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Saturday that for now people in Scotland should not travel to or from England, “except for essential purposes.”Lucy Powell, business spokeswoman for the opposition Labor Party, accused Johnson’s government of “dithering” and said the country was now facing a longer lockdown than if the prime minister had acted sooner.
“People have borrowed up to the hilt and spent money in order to get COVID-secure,” said Kate Nicholls of the pub and restaurant industry group Hospitality U.K. “There is no spare capacity in the tank to be able to fund a lockdown, even for three to four weeks.”A government program that has paid the wages of millions of furloughed employees during the pandemic was due to end Saturday, but will be extended during the new lockdown.
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if people will not play their part then cycle like this will be the new normal 🤷🏻♂
Only wealthy don’t mind lock downs
USA needs to do this
If Biden is elected it will happen in America too
From Australia. My state is coming out of 111 day lockdown after our second wave. UK needs to do this properly like we did otherwise there will be a humanitarian catastrophe
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Brits need to fight this lockdown.
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