England has seen sharp decline in coronavirus cases since early January due to vaccination and restrictive measures

Coronavirus infections have seen a ‘sharp drop’ in England since early January with the biggest drop seen in London, according to a study by Imperial College London.

The British university, which is closely monitoring the evolution of the pandemic, has published its study “React”, in which he states that infections fell by two-thirds in England, but the decline in London, the south-east and central English reached 80%.

However, according to research, coronavirus cases are still very high, when registering one positive for 200 people between February 4 and 13, levels similar to those of September of last year.

All UK regions maintain strong containment measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 disease, particularly the UK variant, first observed at the end of last year in the county of Kent, in the south-east of England.

According to the React study – which has yet to be reviewed by independent experts – the data is preliminary, based on 85,000 COVID-19 tests, but suggest that restrictive measures and social distancing are paying off, as well as the vaccination plan.

Research adds that the The disease R reproduction number in the UK stands at 0.72, which implies that the coronavirus is in decline, and that the decline in infections has been observed in people of all ages.

The director of this research program, Paul Elliott, indicated that the decline in infections is a “encouraging” data.

For his part, the author of the analysis, Steven riley, called the drop in the London cases “Radical” He added that such a downward trend has been seen to be equivalent to cutting infections in half every fortnight.

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, will announce next Monday the roadmap for lifting the lockdown in England, after the drop in infections and the progress of the population vaccination plan.

According to the latest official data, the UK has checked in in the last 24 hours 738 deaths and 12,718 positive due to the coronavirus.

(With information from EFE)

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