In the UK, 86% of adults have already received their first dose of the vaccine and 64% have received two doses by Sunday, according to government figures.
United Kingdom: Johnson should say people will learn to live with Covid as they already do with flu (Henry Nichols/Reuters)
prime minister of UKBoris Johnson will announce plans for the final phase of lockdown easing on Monday COVID-19In which guidelines for social distancing, wearing masks and working at home are included.
After imposing the strictest restrictions in the UK to fight the new coronavirus, Johnson is preparing to suspend most of them in England on 19 July. The use of masks will no longer be mandatory and travel without quarantine will be authorized from August.
The data indicates cases will continue to rise as restrictions are lifted, the government said, but the link between hospitalizations and deaths is weakening thanks to a rapid vaccination program. As of Sunday, 86% of adults have received their first dose of vaccine and 64% have received two doses, according to government data.
Johnson will have to say that people will learn to live with Covid as they already do with the flu, meaning hospitalizations, serious illnesses and deaths will continue, but much more than before mass vaccination. at low level. .
Johnson said in a statement released by his office, “As we learn to live with this virus, we all need to handle the risks of COVID carefully and use discretion as we move on with our lives.” ” “But I must stress that the pandemic is not over.”
The UK has the seventh-highest number of Covid-19 deaths globally, and Johnson has been criticized for making decisions about the timing of each of the three British lockdowns.
With information from Reuters.
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