The vaccination campaign continues in the UK, where over half of citizens have received the first dose of the serum against Covid-19, and the results are starting to be evident from the data on infections and deaths. London health authorities reported yesterday that the country recorded 5,342 new cases of the new coronavirus and just 17 deaths, the minimum in 6 months. In the last 7 days, deaths fell by 42% compared to the previous week while infections marked a decrease of 4.7%.
In Britain, 28 million people received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and 2.3 million people also received the second. In the past 24 hours, 367,000 doses of the serum have been administered in the UK, following Sunday’s record of 752,308 inoculations. A pace also dictated by the forecast of the imminent arrival of a third wave from continental Europe. “On the continent at the moment we can see, unfortunately, a third wave underway,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the BBC, “and the people of this country should not be deluded, previous experiences have taught us that when a the wave hits our friends then it will also land on our shores ».
“I expect we will feel these effects in due course,” Johnson added, “so we are moving forward our vaccination program as fast as possible but a vaccination campaign, vaccine development and launch are international projects that require cooperation international”.
Little by little, Great Britain restarts and devises a plan to do so safely. It will begin as early as the end of March with a gradual return to face-to-face lessons in schools. April will see the resumption of sports activities and the reopening of the gyms. Then, again at the end of April, pubs and restaurants will open, albeit with the necessary limitations.