UK has confirmed 11,000 cases of COVID-19, highest number since February

A total of 11,007 positive cases of Coronavirus They were confirmed this Thursday in the United Kingdom. The highest figure for this country since February of this year.

Despite the intensity vaccination campaign implementation, a government report released on Thursday showed that the the number of cases “increases exponentially” across England, driven by age groups not yet vaccinated.

The spread of Delta strain, initially detected in India and considered between 40% and 80% more contagious than Alpha, has caused a rapid increase in the spread of the disease. Another consequence of this regrowth has been the postponement of the deconfinement phase scheduled for June 21 and that now it will take place on July 19.

Despite the incidence of cases, mortality in Covid-19 patients in England remains low, with 19 deaths registered Thursday.

The United Kingdom is the country most affected in Europe by the pandemic. To date the registers 127,945 deaths confirmed by Covid-19. Experts in the healthcare industry believe that the vaccines are effective in preventing severe symptoms associated with the Delta variant.

They propose to remove the restrictions

British government study to relax your travel criteria so that those arriving from countries declared in ‘amber’ – intermediate risk – like Spain do not have to isolate themselves for ten days if they have already completed the vaccination schedule against the coronavirus, according to several media.

For now, this would only be a proposal, but the sources consulted by The daily telegraph They have already pointed out that Health Minister Matt Hancock, one of the toughest voices in government on the travel issue, is “open” to raise a hand for those who are vaccinated.

A spokesperson for the Executive consulted by the channel Sky News also recognized that there are discussions to achieve “a safe return of international travel”, mainly in the face of a tourist season that promises to be complicated for the potential British travelers.

Currently, only 11 territories appear in the green band of the epidemiological fire and, among these, Iceland, Israel and Gibraltar are the only ones with a minimum of attractiveness for travel. Portugal was removed from the list in the last review and other countries like Spain, Greece or Italy remain in orange, including their islands as well.

“Recognizing the resounding success of the immunization program, we began to consider the role of vaccines in overhauling a different model of health measures and tests for travelers’ arriving in the UK, the spokesperson explained to Sky News.

Boris Johnson’s government, for now, do not recommend travel to countries in amber and maintains rules that discourage them, including a pre-return coronavirus test, a ten-day home quarantine and two additional tests on the second and eighth days of said isolation.

(With information from AFP)

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